Recommend ONE book.

[Amsterdam Albion]

Hard to just pick one but as it is a football forum

brilliant orange - the neurotic genius of dutch football

david winner

 

[Amsterdam Albion]

Hard to just pick one but as it is a football forum

brilliant orange - the neurotic genius of dutch football

david winner

It even mentions Hans Kraay but I fear not the Brighton version!

 

[blue'n'white]

"Homicide" by David Simon
The book on which "The Wire" was based
Any of the Peter James Roy Grace novels - all have the word "Dead" in them and all feature Brighton heavily - very well written crime novels

 

[johnjim]

The Miracle of Castel di Sangro by Joe McGinniss

Not just the best ever football book,but a great book in every respect.

 

[vegster]

Once a Warrior King.... David Donovan

 

[Bad Ash]

We need to talk about Kevin - Lionel Shriver

Over the period of about 2 months I've struggled through a couple of chapters. Would NOT recommend this one. I think it's for women. Lionel is a woman btw.

 

[medicine man]

'V' by Thomas Pynchon, simply fantastic, lots of great characters, most of which pop up in his other books, which you will read if you like 'V'.

Any Douglas Coupland, David Mitchel or Martin Amis.

Murakami writes beautifully too, "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" is a cracking read.

 

[TSB]

I'll cheat and recommend two:
Football related-The Ripple Effect by Dominic Holland
Comedy-Yes Man by Danny Wallace

 

[king Wombat]

william boyd - any human heart.

 

[Braders]

I'll cheat and recommend two:
Football related-The Ripple Effect by Dominic Holland
Comedy-Yes Man by Danny Wallace

both very good book

 

[Zesh Rehman]

if your into cricket then get Trescothicks book

 

[Gully]

Murakami writes beautifully too, "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World" is a cracking read.

Another good call with Murukami, I read Norwegian Wood earlier this year, a really good read and a classic example of one that was hard to put down.

 

[clapham_gull]

Brilliant

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Over the period of about 2 months I've struggled through a couple of chapters. Would NOT recommend this one. I think it's for women. Lionel is a woman btw.

Same with me. I gave up on it, and that's not something I do with books very often

 

[Pablo]

The Tin Roof Blowdown - James Lee Burke

“Katrina was no fictional event, and Burke writes about its aftermath as vividly and powerfully as any nonfiction chronicler… the novel’s power comes from the way it explores the tragedy of Katrina in a way that is perfectly in tune with the series, a kind of perfect storm brought together by the confluence of fictional and non-fictional realms.” *

 

[Alfred the greatx]

The forgotten soldier, Karl Sayer.

About a Frenchman from Alsace that was conscripted in to the German army and served through the horrors of the easter front. Brilliant.

 

[OzMike]

Tschiffely's Ride - A.F.Tschiffely
You may have a job because it is hard to find.
Excellent read, would love to recreate but fear am too old now

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Its really hard to do one, mine are pulpy page turners, great for holidays or lazy days off;

Fatherland
or
Pompeii - both Robert Harris

Prayer for Owen Meaney
or
The Fourth Hand - both John Irving

All avalible for free at the local libary, so spend the money on expensive refernence stuff instead like Collins World Atlas, Enyclopedia of modern music etc etc

oh just remembered Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

 

[chez]

Storm Crow

 

[surrey jim]

Jeffrey archer - Kane and Able