New Posts For Thread: Book reccomendationhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendationGot a copy of 'The road' by Cormac McCarthy for Christmas.Picked it up yesterday and just finished it now. Absolutely blew me away.I've read literally hundreds of books and I'm struggling to think of one that's gripped and transfixed me like this oneshatners. cormac mccarthy is one of my favourite authors but i'm afraid to say i found the road to be too bleak and gloomy. i agree with a previous poster about blood meridian which is the first one of his i read and i also loved all the pretty horsehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186318#418186318shatners. cormac mccarthy is one of my favourite authors but i'm afraid to say i found the road to be too bleak and gloomy. i agree with a previous poster about blood meridian which is the first one of his i read and i also loved all the pretty horseWed, 30 Dec 2009 05:04:42 -0600shatners . . yes read his millenium trilogy and they are all excellent, they are very slow to get going so you have to stick with the first hundred pages or so but well worth doinghttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186238#418186238shatners . . yes read his millenium trilogy and they are all excellent, they are very slow to get going so you have to stick with the first hundred pages or so but well worth doingWed, 30 Dec 2009 03:22:27 -0600McCarthy has a beautifully lucid yet simple style of writing.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186234#418186234McCarthy has a beautifully lucid yet simple style of writing.Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:17:19 -0600Englandaway; does it go something like...Day 1...chained to a radiatorDay 2...still chained to a radiatorDay 596...I'm really starting to get sick of this ** radiator now!!!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186194#418186194Englandaway; does it go something like...Day 1...chained to a radiatorDay 2...still chained to a radiatorDay 596...I'm really starting to get sick of this ** radiator now!!!Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:56:59 -0600Filth, by Irvine Welsh. BrilliantRecently finished "Shantaram" by Gregory David Robertson..was highly recommended but took a bloody year to read it.not worth the efforthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186190#418186190Filth, by Irvine Welsh. BrilliantRecently finished "Shantaram" by Gregory David Robertson..was highly recommended but took a bloody year to read it.not worth the effortTue, 29 Dec 2009 16:54:51 -0600Thats recommendation with 1 "c" and two "m's"."An Evil Cradling" by Brian Keenanhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186178#418186178Thats recommendation with 1 "c" and two "m's"."An Evil Cradling" by Brian KeenanTue, 29 Dec 2009 16:47:27 -0600you need to give up the footy posting, you're rubbishhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186158#418186158you need to give up the footy posting, you're rubbishTue, 29 Dec 2009 15:24:13 -0600Thanks shatner's, will make a note of your reccomendation.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186154#418186154Thanks shatner's, will make a note of your reccomendation.Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:17:27 -0600gotta say i found the road the most overrated book i have read in a long time...derivative of so many post-apocalyptic stuff of the 60s and 70shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186150#418186150gotta say i found the road the most overrated book i have read in a long time...derivative of so many post-apocalyptic stuff of the 60s and 70sTue, 29 Dec 2009 15:15:34 -0600No swearing whatsoever Mitchell. In fact very sparse dialogue.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/23431586/book-reccomendation?post_id=418186146#418186146No swearing whatsoever Mitchell. In fact very sparse dialogue.Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:12:01 -0600