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Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin
Another 'classic' but it is okay and very different to the usual. It was written by a black american homosexual back in 1956 when it was illegal in america and england. Probably why the author went to Paris in his twenties where it was legal. It had been legal since the french revolution! It is about homosexuality and bisexuality and from my experience in the gay world it is quite truthful, warts and all. Strong Medicine - Arthur Hailey I read some of his books a long, long time ago and I quite enjoyed them. This one, however, is a bit plodding but it is very illuminating about the drug companies. I knew quite a bit about them, so that i rarely take any drugs prescription or otherwise, but this goes further. I know that he always did loads of research for his books and it shows in this one. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas I wish I had looked up the history involved in this book as it might have helped me to enjoy it more. I only skimmed read it so it was doubly confusing and then when I came to the end I found that it had been abridged, so that explained all the confusion. I read on wiki that these early translations which this one was, had all the sexual references deleted. Get a recent translation for it. |
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Du Coté De Chez Swann - Proust
The Genesis Rock - Edwin Corley , a decent yarn but not special The Hanged Men - Edwin Corley as David Harper , a lightweight read The Alienist - Caleb Carr , lunacy and thuggery , child abuse and buggery , rotting corpses and 'orrible murders . Fun for all the family. Well worth a read . |
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Almost finished the first of Alistair Campbell's Diaries - Prelude to Power
I can't stand the bloke, but his diaries are an eye-opener. He gives Gordon Brown a good kicking all the way through the first book |
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That's the first part completed then, dunlaying. You are a glutton for punishment aren't you?
 I've started to read "Voyage" and am pleasantly surprised by how the writing flows and the vivid imagery of a combatant in WW1. The argot takes me back to the time when I worked in France and must have been shocking to contemporary readers of the book. |
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The Death of Marat is a famous painting, annie. David did many portraits of Bonaparte, all commissioned for propaganda purposes. You may have seen the one where he is standing in full regalia in front of his writing bureau, hand in waistcoat in his classic pose, burning a midnight candle.(Message: your emperor is working all hours for the state). He painted several of him mounted on horseback crossing the Alps to duff up the Lombards. On the rocks are inscribed the names of Hannibal, Charlemagne and Bonaparte thus elevating him to the status of those great leaders.
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