tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post6271832063184155494..comments2024-03-28T13:35:30.500+00:00Comments on TPQ: Booker's Dozen @ Diarmuid O Gruagain AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-34287375252798857812019-11-28T07:33:08.022+00:002019-11-28T07:33:08.022+00:00Diarmuid - Kevin will be pleased that you gave The...Diarmuid - Kevin will be pleased that you gave The Misogynous President as a gift to your dad. I notice also that in last night's Alfie Gallagher thought highly of Don Quixote. I have been tempted yet again! Must invite you to do a review of what you read.AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-65578931679490151342019-11-22T10:01:13.258+00:002019-11-22T10:01:13.258+00:00Diarmuid, From Hell so interesting, especially giv...Diarmuid, From Hell so interesting, especially given the whole Ripperology <br />'industry'. Love Vonnegut and Hitchhiker's Guide too.Rosebudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906325577223935592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-39722771025857938732019-11-22T08:56:17.815+00:002019-11-22T08:56:17.815+00:00AM,
It's a rare example of great storytelling...AM,<br /><br />It's a rare example of great storytelling overcoming clumsy prose. I haven't read it in 20 years, but I vividly recall how much I cringed at the first segment involving Johnny Fontaine. Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-75236087531326037752019-11-22T07:31:16.329+00:002019-11-22T07:31:16.329+00:00Christopher - I read the Godfather when I was 15 -...Christopher - I read the Godfather when I was 15 - used to plant myself in the chair in the living room and read it. Tried re-reading it 2 years later when I was in Magilligan but never finished it - just too familiar with the detail. But as a book I loved it. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-49123841963639984752019-11-21T22:09:55.328+00:002019-11-21T22:09:55.328+00:00Some good choices there. From Hell is excellent, e...Some good choices there. From Hell is excellent, especially if you consider Moore's angle that he wanted to solve the entire society in which such a crime occurred in order to make sense of it.<br /><br />The Godfather is the perfect example of a great story with terrible writing. Christopher Owenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236891604706531905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4807238897188927967.post-59781194742780210072019-11-21T07:15:17.003+00:002019-11-21T07:15:17.003+00:00Diarmuid - thanks for this - as always there is an...Diarmuid - thanks for this - as always there is an interesting selection there. Must try Vonnegut now. AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com