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[BillF]

[Brad]

Reading this for a Hemingway book club I belong to. Not an easy read. 

[HutchFan]

Reading another novel by Robert Penn Warren:

[BillF]

Not for the first time! 

[Bluesnik]

Just finished this:

It is a very fine book and it's true it connects back to The spy who came in from the cold, which I luckily had read beforehand.

Now on to this one:

Which I like a lot. First because that music interests me very much. And second because I lived through all that when I was about 20. And it's true what Reynolds says about punk being destructive and post-punk (which the book deals in) constructive. I already said once here that I was never so much into punk, but all that came afterwards yes. Because for me post-punk was as exhilarating as 60s music. And here I agree with the author. A book I'll enjoy very much. But I don't know if I have the US or British version. I have that exact version. I know the initial British edition had a different cover, but I don't know if this is a reprint or what. A good review of when the book was published in 2005.

Edited August 30, 2022 by Bluesnik

[jlhoots]

Kali Fajardo- Anstine: Woman Of Light

[Bluesnik]

On 8/30/2022 at 8:05 PM, Bluesnik said:

I know the initial British edition had a different cover, but I don't know if this is a reprint or what.

I have checked today and the book is a 2019 reprint of the English edition from 2005. One year later, in 2006, there was the American. On Penguin. The British is and was on Faber & Faber.

[ghost of miles]

7 minutes ago, Bluesnik said:

I have checked today and the book is a 2019 reprint of the English edition from 2005. One year later, in 2006, there was the American. On Penguin. The British is and was on Faber & Faber.

I deliberately sought out the UK edition when I read it a couple of years ago.  The US version is abridged and about 200 pages shorter.  It's a great book!

[jlhoots]

Rereading Shantaram. Soon to be a series (finally) on Apple +.

[Bluesnik]

10 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

I deliberately sought out the UK edition when I read it a couple of years ago.  The US version is abridged and about 200 pages shorter.  It's a great book!

Yes it's a great book, and I was after the UK edition as opposed to the US, because of what you said some time ago. But I ordered it from my local bookshop and didn't know what I got. Specially since the cover was different. But now I know it's a reprint of the UK edition and can be calm. But it was logical they were ordering from the UK. I'm in Europe after all.

[danasgoodstuff]

Reading this and Billy Boy Arnold's autobiography and a book about American railroads

[Matthew]

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. 

[BillF]

1 minute ago, Matthew said:

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. 

Such a good one!

Now re-reading:

[jlhoots]

Anne Hillerman: Stargazer

[Matthew]

1 hour ago, BillF said:

Such a good one!

I agree! It's become my favorite Chandler novel, it has so many layers of emotion to it, that with each read, I discover different things. Though, I can't seem to get the image of Jim Bouton as Terry Lennox out of my mind, Darn you Altman! (and I have an intense dislike of the movie).

[jazzbo]

This and "The Big Sleep" rival each other as my favorites. Chandler is such a trip to read.

"Coming up for Air" George Orwell. I love reading Orwell novels. This one is interesting as it's in the first person.

[Dave Garrett]

On 9/1/2022 at 4:01 AM, Bluesnik said:

Yes it's a great book, and I was after the UK edition as opposed to the US, because of what you said some time ago. But I ordered it from my local bookshop and didn't know what I got. Specially since the cover was different. But now I know it's a reprint of the UK edition and can be calm. But it was logical they were ordering from the UK. I'm in Europe after all.

I may have posted this here previously, but just in case I didn't:

RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: THE FOOTNOTES

[Bluesnik]

Thanks for mentioning this again. I remember there was some additional info about the book. But I didn't know if I'd read it or not. Now I know I didn't. It was new to me.

[Bluesnik]

“Reynolds masterfully captures the excitement of this period, when every week seemed to bring a new musical advancement”--The Tampa Tribune

That's something I remember very clearly from the period. All the times there was a new thing or current. But seriously. Every year was quite different to the one that preceded it. Maybe that's why I like so much David Bowie and his Ch, Ch, Changes.

Edited September 8, 2022 by Bluesnik

[medjuck]

On 9/5/2022 at 7:02 AM, Matthew said:

I agree! It's become my favorite Chandler novel, it has so many layers of emotion to it, that with each read, I discover different things. Though, I can't seem to get the image of Jim Bouton as Terry Lennox out of my mind, Darn you Altman! (and I have an intense dislike of the movie).

I'm a huge Chandler fan. I think I've read everything by and about him except  his laundry lists but I'm a heretic amongst other Chanderphiles because I believe he began to deteriorate half way through The Long Goodbye.  (Playback is hardly worth mentioning.) And I think the ending of the Altman/Leigh Brackett   movie is better than the ending of the book even if the ending of the film is partially stolen from The  Third Man.   (Go ahead-- throw things at me. ) 

[BillF]

[BillF]

On 05/09/2022 at 3:29 PM, jazzbo said:

 

Now reading:

[Matthew]

Cosmas or the Love of God by Pierre De Calan.

[BillF]

[jlhoots]

Geraldine Brooks: Horse