As someone pointed out early on, but I've never really realised before, I don't think fiction is really for me. I have to say that at the moment, I'm torn between The Future of Geography, by Tim Marshall and Mark Kurlanksy's Cod.
NSC's at it's abstruse best
Haven't read Marshall but have read Cod, which I can recommend. Best novel I've read of late is Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov but you ought to get what it's engaging with in terms of the effects of the past century or so.As someone pointed out early on, but I've never really realised before, I don't think fiction is really for me. I have to say that at the moment, I'm torn between The Future of Geography, by Tim Marshall and Mark Kurlanksy's Cod.
NSC's at it's abstruse best
So you'll be reading about Cod and place, then.I've ordered Cod and The future of Geography, so if my holiday is a complete disaster, @wealdgull and @Bakero will be hearing about it
You’re probably the only other person I’ve come across that has heard of Kurlansky. Cod is definitely one of my favourite books as is his book on the Basques.
If not Prisoners of Geography was excellent as well
I'm off on holiday, which for me means lying on a deserted beach reading a couple of (proper paperback) books and moaning about them falling apart as the glue melts in the sun. I have never really read books from when I left school up until I retired a few years ago so, as you will see the traditional classics have somewhat passed me by.
Particular favourites of the last few holidays have been Sapiens, the Danny Baker series, Keith Richards autobiography, Gordon Brown: Beyond the Crash, The David Niven Autobiographies, The Secret Barrister, Johnny Cash Autobiography, The Traitor of Colditz, John Peel Autobiography, The Damned United, Life in the Jungle: Michael Heseltine, Brian Clough Autobiography, and This is going to Hurt: Adam Kay.
I've just gone and read them all off the bookcase
I've already ordered Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow and Alistair Campbell: The Blair Years but need a third book to see a sad old grumpy old bastard through a week. Fire away
Bob mortimerI'm off on holiday, which for me means lying on a deserted beach reading a couple of (proper paperback) books and moaning about them falling apart as the glue melts in the sun. I have never really read books from when I left school up until I retired a few years ago so, as you will see the traditional classics have somewhat passed me by.
Particular favourites of the last few holidays have been Sapiens, the Danny Baker series, Keith Richards autobiography, Gordon Brown: Beyond the Crash, The David Niven Autobiographies, The Secret Barrister, Johnny Cash Autobiography, The Traitor of Colditz, John Peel Autobiography, The Damned United, Life in the Jungle: Michael Heseltine, Brian Clough Autobiography, and This is going to Hurt: Adam Kay.
I've just gone and read them all off the bookcase
I've already ordered Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow and Alistair Campbell: The Blair Years but need a third book to see a sad old grumpy old bastard through a week. Fire away
Eel have a whale of a time.
- before realising that they're all in Norwegian 
There ain’t no bleedin norweegans in Benidorm init.There's nothing quite like the roller-coaster of emotions on discovering that your holiday accommodation boasts an extensive library of paperbacks
