AKA "I never laid a finger on her, by 'eck I didn't, and anyone says t'otherwise, is a bloody liar!"Geoff Boycott Autobiography
I'm just reading The Jealousy Man by Jo Nesbo. My word, it's a tough read! It's a collection of short stories in the style of Tales of the Unexpected. So much so, I would swear I saw at least one of them int the Roald Dahl series on TV. The title story is interminable and I couldn't finish it. I didn't finish another either. Three stories left to go which I'm determined to finish as the book was a gift. But it's just so derivative of the Roald Dahl stories which must have influenced him and he just isn't as good at the genre.I have gone back to the Jo Nesbo series (Harry Hole). I missed one in the series a couple back (has to be read in order; Aspergers, innit) so I am reluctantly reading The Redeemer.
I like Harry Hole. My kind of bloke. There is a bit in the book where his line manager bollocks him about discipline, citing the Japanese, and how they were so disciplined that an officer would shoot his own soldier during the war for slacking off. Hole listened patiently. After the homily he asked: "So, remind me, boss, how did it work out for the Japanese in the end?"
I'm about 1/3rd of the way through -Just finished ’never’ by Ken follett