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Picked up To Set a Watchmen - Harper Lee's second novel. Sequel to To Kill A Mockingbird.

Also picked up The Excorcist and Orphan X.

 

I agree, but the book is spoiled by its exclusion of the experiences of one very obvious set of people - that being the nationalist population in the six counties.

In fact the way in which the conflict in the north is dealt with by Ferriter is appalling. For that reason I'd have to dissuade people from reading or buying this book.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/St-Patrick...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1483114881&sr=8-5

 

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo series are excellent, I'd say you're in for a treat with them, Girl on the Train is good too. Saw your earlier post about No country for old men aswell, tempted to give that a read next, have you got round to reading it yet and if so, would you recommend?

 

At a loose end looking for a new book to read , not long finished Limmy's book Daft Wee Stories and Life of Pi, both decent if that's yer thing.

 

Nah mate I've not read it yet, comes highly recommended though. I'm going to start it when I finish Blood Father but I'm hardly reading just now cos ive been busy over Christmas and new year.

Will let ye know what I think if you've not got it by the time I read it.

 

Audidooks are great onyoutube.

 

I don't read books anymore. Walk to work & listen to audiobooks

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Got this for Christmas and start reading it last night.

 

Will see if I can get this on audio

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It's a good read, enjoy!

 

A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James


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WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a masterfully written novel that explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s.

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert, gunmen stormed his house, machine WINNER OF THE 2015 MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR FICTION From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a masterfully written novel that explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the late 1970s.

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert, gunmen stormed his house, machine guns blazing. The attack nearly killed the Reggae superstar, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Marley would go on to perform at the free concert on December 5, but he left the country the next day, not to return for two years.

Deftly spanning decades and continents and peopled with a wide range of characters—assassins, journalists, drug dealers, and even ghosts—A Brief History of Seven Killings is the fictional exploration of that dangerous and unstable time and its * aftermath, from the streets and slums of Kingston in the 70s, to the crack wars in 80s New York, to a radically altered Jamaica in the 90s. Brilliantly inventive and stunningly ambitious, this novel is a revealing modern epic that will secure Marlon James’ place among the great literary talents of his generation

 

Assata: An Autobiography

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder.

This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the works of Maya Angelou.

Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides.

 

Anyone know any good horror books?

Tried a couple of Stephen King books but couldn't get into his style.

 

Finished No Country For Old Men at the weekend there, enjoyed it and would recommend it. Dunno what to read next.

 

Going to start that or The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo tonight

 

I'd say that's a win/win situation there.

 

What's the quickest one to read? Desperate to watch both of the movies but want to read the books first

 

I just finished reading all of HP Lovecraft.