[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Slum_Wolf]

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'You Can Drum But You Can't Hide' is a great title and a great read for anybody with more than a passing interest in the Manchester music scene. To quote from the book's cover blurb:

'Of all the iconic musicians and scenes that emanate from Manchester, Simon Wolstencroft is the one who joins up the dots. He learnt his chops playing with Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke, but turned down The Smiths because he didn't like the cut of Morrissey's jib. He parted ways with his schoolmates Ian Brown and John Squire before The Patrol became The Stone Roses. He spent eleven glorious years in The Fall...'

 

[Beach Hut]

Slow Coast Home - Josie Dew

 

[clapham_gull]

I'm really disappointed. I thought it was going to be applied text analysis with pythons.

 

[Steyning Seagull]

Film was good.

Harrowing but extraordinarily descriptive

 

[Beach Hut]

Bandit Roads - Richard Grant

 

[Slum_Wolf]

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Anyone Chris Ryan's extensive back catalogue? Such good writing.

 

[Beach Hut]

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Excellent choice, very interesting read

 

[Slum_Wolf]

Excellent choice, very interesting read

His next book due out April next year - Londres 38: Augusto Pinochet, the Old Nazi and the Disappeared

 

[Blinkers]

Rereading Transition, Iain Banks

 

[Beach Hut]

Strange Places, Questionable People - John Simpson

 

[Beach Hut]

One Foot in Laos - Dervla Murphy

 

[Sirnormangall]

For the second time I’m reading one of the best football / sports books: The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro. The true story of an Italian town smaller than Hassocks whose football team climbed from the equivalent of the Southern Combination Div 2 to Serie B.

 

[Beach Hut]

Factory Girls - Leslie T Chang

 

[Beach Hut]

Treading Grapes - Rosemary George

 

[Beach Hut]

The Lower River - Paul Theroux

 

[Javeaseagull]

From the Holy Mountain - William Dalrymple

 

[Beach Hut]

From the Holy Mountain - William Dalrymple

Excellent choice, sadly have read all his books

 

[Javeaseagull]

Excellent choice, sadly have read all his books

I envy you and intend to read the others as well. Wonderful writer.