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mile oak

mile oak

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To Throw Away Unopened

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2018 What was I fighting for? Even now I'm not sure. Something so old and so deep, it has no words, no shape, no logic. Every memoir is a battle between reality and invention - but in her follow up to Clothes, Music, Boys, Viv Albertine has...
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Trust Me I’m A Stomach

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albionalba said:
Yes I agree. At first I thought it was a clever and original device to tell the story via intercepted emails etc but it sometimes felt like her actions were just to try and shock the reader and display toughness etc. Did you feel (Possible Spoiler) though that we are meant to think that she became a little under Bruno’s spell by the end. I wasn’t sure if the cynicism had declined by then?
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I think he was one of the very few people (there were possibly two others) for whom she didn’t have at best a sneering contempt and at worst a psychopathic disregard. I suspect that her cynicism was the same as ever, though.
 


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Gwylan

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Jul 5, 2003
31,937
Uffern
Golden Boy by Christian Ryan; the biography of Kim Hughes. It's described by Wisden as the best cricket book ever and sets out all the politics behind his stint as Aussie captain. Lillee, Marsh (R) and Chappell (G) aren't coming across particularly well. Great cricketers, deeply unpleasant people.
 


Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,457
Living In a Box
The Tao of Travel - Paul Theroux
 


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CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
45,139
Been struggling through The New Confessions by William Boyd for about three months. Keep nearly putting it down then read a few more pages and it becomes funny again. Will likely finish it around May time at this rate
 






Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,457
Living In a Box
A Bend in the Yellow River - Justin Hill
 








Slum_Wolf

Slum_Wolf

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Barry Izbak

Barry Izbak

U.T.A.
Dec 7, 2005
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Lancing By Sea
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This is the first book I've read by this author. It was excellent. Recommended
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
NSC Patron
Oct 8, 2003
57,526
Faversham
Cold Sanctuary. David J Gatward. Book 8 of the Harry Grimm series.

Will be on TV sometime.

Excellent stuff.
 










Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,457
Living In a Box
The People's Songs - Stuart Maconie
 




Beach Hut

Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,457
Living In a Box
One Hot Summer in St Petersburg - Duncan Fallowell
 
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