Uilleam 3,394 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Forgive me, but I will accept no lectures, no advice, no guidance from a crank and a drug addict. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 8,138 Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 I once got some terrific tips on bass playing techniques from a full-on drug addict. He was a bit of a crank as well (he thought Funkadelic were rubbish and told me Mike Shrieve only made two albums with Santana). I'm currently reading Stone Junction by Jim Dodge. It's quite enjoyable, in a subculture/alchemy murder mystery type manner... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 9,004 Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 I haven't read a book for enjoyment in weeks. It's that time of year when reading takes on a more practical purpose. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 8,138 Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) Finished Curzio Malaparte's Kaputt today. Quite something. Although I preferred The Skin (it's more focused on one event). Other recent books I've read and would recommend are Everything Flows by Vassily Grossman (Stalin dies, prompting a Russian's exit from the Gulag and return to life) and Bridge Over The Drina by Ivo Andric (an amazing book centred on a bridge in Visegrad, Bosnia and covering several centuries of Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian rule). Edited June 5, 2021 by Gonzo79 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 3,654 Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 John Le Carre at the moment, The Little Drummer Girl 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaspard 444 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 unsurprisingly there's been a bit of a spate of Rangers books in 2021, I have 4 on pre-order Here's my current library including the 2021 books, thought it might be useful for anyone who collects Rangers books or looking for the latest publications Bio Carl Skomager i tysk Faengsel (in a German prison) Carl Hansen 1945 Bio Jerry Dawson Memoirs 1929 to 1949 Daily Record 1949 Bio Captain of Scotland George Young 1951 Bio Carl Skoma'r Et liv i fodbold (A life in football) Carl Hansen 1954 Bio George young Talks Football George Young 1958 Bio Willie Henderson; Forward with Rangers Willie Henderson 1966 Bio A Captains Part John Greig 1968 Bio Derek Johnstone; Rangers My Team Derek Johnstone 1979 Bio Willie Johnston on the Wing Willie Johnston / Alex Hosie 1983 Bio The Party's Over Jim Baxter / John Fairgrieve 1984 Bio Football is the Wallace Religion - Jock Wallace Graham Clark 1984 Bio Mark Hateley - Home and Away Mark Hateley & Tony Francis 1986 Bio Score and More - Sandy Jardine Michael Aitken 1987 Bio True Blue - The Davie cooper Story Graham Clark 1987 Bio Legend; 60 years at Ibrox - Bob McPhail Bob McPhail & Allan Herron 1988 Bio The Real McCall - Stuart McCall Stuart McCall & Alan Nixon 1988 Bio Gods Conman - Life and Works of Reverend James Currie William Coffey 1988 Bio When The Going Gets Tough - Graham Roberts Story Steve Stammers 1988 Bio Even Stevens - A Season diary Gary Stevens/Trevor Steven/Dave Smith 1988 Bio Both Sides of the Border Terry Butcher 1989 Bio Graeme Souness - A Managers Diary Graeme Souness & Ken Gallacher 1989 Bio Ally McCoist - My Story Ally McCoist / Crawford Brankin 1992 Bio Top Mark Mark Hateley / Ken Gallacher 1993 Bio Richard Gough; Field of Dreams my Ibrox Years Richard Gough 1993 Bio Mr Smith Walter smith / Ken Gallacher 1994 Bio Blue Grit John Brown / Derek Watson 1995 Bio Davie Cooper - Tribute to a Legend Graham Clark 1995 Bio A Tale of Two Cities - Dave McPherson Derek Watson 1996 Bio Graeme Souness -Ibrox Revolution Sandy Jamieson 1997 Bio Andy Goram; My Life Andy Goram & Ken Gallacher 1997 Bio Blue and White Dynamite - Ian Durrant Story Ian Durrant & Iain King 1998 Bio Fergie; The Ian Ferguson Story Ken Gallacher 1999 Bio Graeme Souness; The Management Years Graeme Souness / Mike Ellis 1999 Bio Mark Hateley (Rangers Legends Series) Ken Gallacher 2001 Bio Bob McPhail (Rangers Legends Series) Allan Herron 2001 Bio Ally McCoist (Rangers Legends Series) Crawford Brankin 2001 Bio Davie Cooper (Rangers Legends Series) Graham Clark 2001 Bio Lorenzo Amaruso LA Confidential LA / David McCarthy & Keith Jackson 2002 Bio Slim Jim Baxter - The Definitive Biography Ken Gallacher 2002 Bio Gazza, My Story Paul Gascoigne / Hunter Davis 2004 Bio More Than Goals Claudio Reyna 2004 Bio Gray Matters Andy Gray 2004 Bio My Story John Greig / Jim Black 2005 Bio Terry Butcher - My Autobiography Terry Butcher 2005 Bio And Smith Did Score - Gordon Smith StoryGordon Smith & Norman Macdonald 2005 Bio Blue Barry Ferguson & Iain King 2006 Bio Oranje and Blue Arthur Numan / Mark Guidi 2006 Bio Big Brother; the Derek Ferguson Story Derek Ferguson & Bill Leckie 2006 Bio Marvellous Marvin - Marvin Andrews and Tom Brown 2007 Bio Silversmith - Biography of Walter Smith Neil Drysdale 2007 Bio D.J. Derek Johnstone / Darrell King 2007 Bio Paul Le Guen: Enigma: Graham Spiers 2007 Bio Tin Man Ted McMinn / Robin Hutcheson 2008 Bio Sent off at Gunpoint Willie Johnston / Tom Bullimore 2008 Bio Graham Roberts; Hard as Nails Graham Roberts & Colin Duncan 2008 Bio Shooting Star Colin Stein / Paul Smith 2009 Bio Andy Goram; The Goalie - My Story Andy Goram & Iain King 2009 Bio Drinks all Round - The Autobiography Kevin Drinkell 2010 Bio I Said No Thanks Nacho Novo & Darrell King 2010 Bio Jaws Tom Forsyth 2010 Bio Ally McCoist Rangers Hero Alistair Aird 2011 Bio Walter - Illustrated Story of a Rangers Legend Lindsay Herron 2011 Bio Extra Time, My Autobiography David Weir 2011 Bio The Ibrox Gaffer - Walter Smith Scott Burns 2011 Bio From The Heart - My Autobiography Sandy Clark 2012 Bio Doddie Alex MacDonald / Brian Scott 2012 Bio Harold Davis; Tougher Than Bullets Harold Davis & Paul Smith 2012 Bio Great Scot - James Scotland Symon David Leggat 2012 Bio Tommy McLean, Football in my Blood Tommy McLean / Paul Smith 2013 Bio Coop - Davie cooper Neil Drysdale 2013 Bio Lee McCulloch - Simp-Lee the Best Lee McCulloch & Mark Guidi 2013 Bio Ian Redford; Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head Ian Redford 2013 Bio Struth - The Story of an Ibrox Legend David Leggat 2013 Bio Mr Struth - The Boss David Mason / Ian Stewart 2013 Bio Fighting Spirit Fernando Ricksen & Vincent De Vries 2014 Bio Slim Jim - Simply the Best Tom Miller 2014 Bio Jock Wallace - Big Jock David Leggatt 2014 Bio In Search of Duncan Ferguson Alan Pattullo 2014 Bio The Greatest Ranger Ever - Davie Meiklejohn Jeff Holmes 2014 Bio Blue Thunder - The Jock Wallace Story Jeff Holmes 2014 Bio The Penalty King Johnny Hubbard / David Mason 2015 Bio Marco Negri - Moody Blue Marco Negri & Jeff Holmes 2015 Bio Sandy (Sandy Jardine) Tom Miller 2016 Bio School of Hard Knox Archie Knox 2017 Bio Bobby Brown - A life in football from Goals to Dugout Jack Davidson 2017 Bio Graeme Souness - Football my life, my passion Graeme Souness 2017 Bio Russian Winters - The Story of Andrei Kanchelskis Andrei Kanchelskis 2017 Bio Wingin It - The Mark Walters Story Jeff Holmes & Mark Walters 2018 Bio Rangers 10 Matches 10 Players Stuart Thomson 2019 Bio Tortured - The Sam English Story Jeff Holmes 2020 Bio Pride of the Bears - Barcelona Team Derek Niven 2020 Bio Wilson on the Wing Alistair Aird 2020 Bio The Quiet Man Roars (Davie Roberstson) Alistair Aird 2021 Hist The story of Rangers -50 years of football - 1873 to 1923 John Allan 1923 Hist 11 Great Years - The Rangers from 1923 to 1934 John Allan 1934 Hist Littlewoods Football Annual 1935/36 H Littlewood 1935 Hist Rangers Pictorial - Forward by Bill Struth RFC 1947 Hist Let's Talk About Glasgow Rangers Tom Morgan 1948 Hist World Sport Magazine - Glasgow Rangers WSM 1950 Hist Rangers the Eventful Years 1934 to 1951 John Allan 1951 Hist Salute to Rangers Charles Buchan 1960 Hist We will follow Rangers Hugh Taylor 1961 Hist The Rangers Players Story William Allison 1962 Hist Rangers European Cup book Weekly News 1963 Hist The Rangers; A Complete History of Scotland's Greatest ClubJohn Fairgrieve 1964 Hist Ian McMillan, footballer of the year 1963, programme Daily Mail 1964 Hist Rangers The New Era - 1873 to 1966 William Allison 1968 Hist Revista Barcelona - May 1972 issue Barcelona FC 1972 Hist Rangers, ECWC Champions - Official Souvenir Rangers FC 1972 Hist Road to Barcelona ? ? Hist Growing with Glory 1873 to 1973 Ian Peebles 1973 Hist 1975 League Champions Commemorative Brochure Rangers FC 1975 Hist Rangers; Glorious Treble 1975-1976 Ian Archer 1976 Hist The Rangers football Companion David Docherty 1986 Hist Rebirth of the Blues Chick Young 1987 Hist Rangers Ian Morrison 1988 Hist Rangers Greats Dixon Blackstock 1988 Hist Champions; 1988/89 Championship Season Alan Fairley 1989 Hist Moscow Dynamo British Tour Commemorative Brochure 1990 Hist Rangers Programme Guide 1947/48 to 1989/90 Rangers Collectors Club 1990 Hist Rangers - Player by Player Bob Ferrier / Robert McElroy 1990 Hist Blue Heaven - Ibrox Trophy Room Willie Thornton 1991 Hist More Rangers Greats Dixon Blackstock 1991 Hist Rangers in Europe Alan Fairley 1991 Hist Rangers Season by Season Robert McElroy 1992 Hist Rangers FC Double Champions 1991-1992 Alan Fairley 1992 Hist Mine's a Treble - the Rangers treble report NOTW 1993 Hist Now you Know about Rangers Robert A Crampsey 1994 Hist Rangers FC; The 25 Years, 1970/71 to 1994/95David Powter & Michael Robinson 1995 Hist Rangers Premier Div Superteams 1995/96 1995 Hist The story of Rangers -50 years of football - 1873 to 1923 (Reprint)John Allan 1996 Hist Rangers all-Time Greats, Men who Made Ibrox History. 1997 Hist Blue & True: Unforgettable Rangers Days Roddy Forsyth 1997 Hist Official Rangers supporters book - the Story of NIAR Graham Hunter 1997 Hist Official Rangers Fans Guide Graham Hunter 1997 Hist Rangers - 9 In A Row Tribute Book Iain King 1997 Hist ECWC 1972, 25th Aniversary programme Rangers FC 1997 Hist Rangers Factfile 1998 Hist The Old firm in the New age Bill Murray 1998 Hist Rangers: Player by Player Bob Ferrier / Robert McElroy 1998 Hist The Gers, The: Day-to-day Life at Ibrox Graham Betts 1998 Hist Rangers Football Club 1872 to 1964 Robert McElroy 1998 Hist The Rangers Story - an Official History of RFC Douglas Russell 1998 Hist Rangers All-time Greats , Ibrox Stadiums Finest Players Profiled 1998 Hist Rangers: The Waddell Years Stephen Halliday 1999 Hist Rangers Football Legends Stuart Marshall 1999 Hist Rangers Official All Time Greats Douglas Russell 1999 Hist Rangers: The 100 Greatest Iain King 1999 Hist Passovotchka - Moscow dynamo in Britain 1945 David Downing 1999 Hist The spirit of Ibrox Rangers FC 1999 Hist The spirit of Ibrox Rangers FC 1999 Hist Rangers - The Managers David Mason 2000 Hist The Best of the blues -a Tribute to Rangers greatest ever team Bob MacCallum 2001 Hist Rangers: A Match to Remember David Mason 2001 Hist Barcelona Here We Come Ronnie Esplin & Alex Anderson 2002 Hist The Essential History of Rangers Stephen Halliday 2002 Hist Rangers an Illustrated History Rab MacWilliam 2002 Hist Rangers 50 Flags Bob MacCallum 2003 Hist Times Past - Rangers The Glory Years Evening Times 2004 Hist The Advocaat Years Esplin and Walker 2004 Hist Engineering Archie Simon Inglis 2005 Hist Rangers - The complete Record Bob Ferrier / Robert McElroy 2005 Hist Top 11 of Everything Glasgow Rangers 2005 Hist The Little Book of Rangers - 170 Quotes Neil Cameron 2005 Hist Ten Days that shook Rangers Ronnie Esplin 2005 Hist Rangers Treble Kings Bob MacCallum 2006 Hist Follow on: Fifty Years of Rangers in Europe Iain Duff 2006 Hist The Rangers Football Miscellany John White 2006 Hist To Barcelona and Beyond Paul Smith 2006 Hist The Story of Rangers Jack Geddes 2007 Hist ECWC 35th Anniversary Dinner program + Ticket RFC 2007 Hist 50 years of Rangers in Europe - the Enduring Dream Robert McElroy 2007 Hist Rangers cult Heroes Paul Smith 2007 Hist Stairway 13 The Story of the 1971 Ibrox Disaster Paul Collier & Donald S Taylor 2007 Hist Rangers: 100 heroes of the modern game Dean Hayes 2007 Hist Temple of Dreams - The Changing face of Ibrox Iain Duff 2008 Hist Rangers History from 1919 Newspaper reports 2008 Hist The Gallant Pioneers - Rangers 1872 Gary Ralston 2009 Hist Hall of Fame - Rangers all time Greats Bob MacCallum 2009 Hist The Official Rangers Hall of Fame Linsay Herron 2009 Hist The Rangers Miscellany Robert McElroy 2009 Hist Follow Follow - Classic Rangers old firm clashes Iain Duff 2010 Hist Rangers; a nostalgic look at a century of the club. 2010 Hist The Official Biography of Rangers Ronnie Esplin / Graham Walker 2011 Hist Aye Ready - Rangers War Heroes Paul Smith 2011 Hist ECWC 40th Anniversary Dinner program + Ticket RFC 2012 Hist 11 Great Years - The Rangers from 1923 to 1934 (reprint) John Allan 2012 Hist Rangers Football Club On This Day Facts and History Book Paul Smith 2012 Hist For Richer, For Poorer Paul Smith 2012 Hist Rangers: The Official Illustrated History Lindsay Herron 2012 Hist Inside The Divide Richard Wilson 2012 Hist Rangers - From the Archives Gary Ralston 2013 Hist Rangers FC We Don't Do Walking Away Lisa Gray 2013 Hist Rangers The Journey - Part 1, Illustrated story of 2012/13 Season Lindsay Herron 2013 Hist Follow We will - The Fall and Rise of Rangers Stewart Franklin and others 2013 Hist It's a Glasgow Rangers Story Duncan Whitelaw 2014 Hist Rangers Changing Faces Andrew L Stevenson 2014 Hist Rangers European Adventures - A pictorial history of the Gers in Europe 2015 Hist 1986: The Rangers Revolution Jeff Holmes 2016 Hist Glasgow Rangers - The Journey Willie Vass 2016 Hist A Season To Be Cheerful: Glasgow Rangers 1992/3 Jeff Holmes 2017 Hist Rangers in Russia Jeff Holmes 2018 Hist Rangers 1951-72 from Charles Buchans football monthly Andrew Dolloway 2018 Hist Rangers FC - In the 80's Alistair Aird 2019 Hist Rangers v Celtic - The Gers greatest old firm victories Jeff Holmes 2019 Hist Rangers FC The Ulster Connection Billy Kennedy 2019 Hist The Glasgow Cup Forrest Robertson 2019 Hist Rangers 50 Greatest Games Martyn Ramsay 2020 Hist Rangers in the Black and White Era Steve Finan 2020 Hist Rangers the Lost Decade Mark Cooper 2021 Hist Follow We Will Suart Thomson 2021 Hist The Rangers Shirt David Graham 2021 Hist Just Champion Jeff Holmes 2021 Hist The Rangers Story - 150 Years of a Remarkable Club David Mason 2021 Hist Rangers Minute by Minute David Jackson 2021 Hist Going for 55 Christopher Jack 2021 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1951 RFCSA 1950 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1952 RFCSA 1951 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1953 RFCSA 1952 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1954 RFCSA 1953 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1955 RFCSA 1954 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1956 RFCSA 1955 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1956/57 RFCSA 1956 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1957 RFCSA 1957 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1958/59 RFCSA 1958 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1959/60 RFCSA 1959 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1960/61 RFCSA 1960 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1961/62 RFCSA 1961 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1962/63 RFCSA 1962 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1963/64 RFCSA 1963 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1964/65 RFCSA 1964 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1965/66 RFCSA 1965 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1966/67 RFCSA 1966 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1967/68 RFCSA 1967 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1968/69 RFCSA 1968 Hist Rangers Football Club Supporters Assoc Annual 1969/70 RFCSA 1969 Hist Playing for Rangers 1964 Ken Gallacher 1964 Hist Playing for Rangers 1966 Ken Gallacher 1966 Hist Playing for Rangers 1969 Ken Gallacher 1969 Hist Playing for Rangers # 2 Ken Gallacher 1970 Hist Playing for Rangers # 3 Ken Gallacher 1971 Hist Playing for Rangers # 4 Ken Gallacher 1972 Hist Playing for Rangers # 5 Ken Gallacher 1973 Hist Playing for Rangers # 6 Ken Gallacher 1974 Hist Playing for Rangers # 7 Ken Gallacher 1975 Hist Playing for Rangers # 8 Ken Gallacher 1976 Hist Playing for Rangers # 9 Ken Gallacher 1977 Hist Playing for Rangers # 10 Ken Gallacher 1978 Hist Playing for Rangers # 11 Ken Gallacher 1979 Hist Playing for Rangers # 12 Ken Gallacher 1980 Hist Playing for Rangers # 13 Ken Gallacher 1981 Hist Playing for Rangers # 14 Ken Gallacher 1982 Hist Playing for Rangers # 15 Ken Gallacher 1983 Hist Playing for Rangers # 16 Ken Gallacher 1984 Hist Playing for Rangers # 17 Ken Gallacher 1985 Hist Playing for Rangers # 18 Ken Gallacher 1986 Hist Playing for Rangers # 19 Ken Gallacher 1987 Hist Rangers News Annual # 1 82/83 Rangers News 1982 Hist Rangers News Annual # 2 83/84 Rangers News 1983 Hist Rangers News Annual # 3 84/85 Rangers News 1984 Hist Rangers News Annual # 4 85/86 Rangers News 1985 Hist Rangers News Annual # 5 86/87 Rangers News 1986 Hist Rangers News Annual # 6 94/95 Rangers News 1994 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 1 Rangers FC 1991 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 2 Rangers FC 1992 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 3 Rangers FC 1993 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 4 Rangers FC 1994 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 5 Rangers FC 1995 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 6 Rangers FC 1996 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 7 Rangers FC 1997 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 8 Rangers FC 1998 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 9 Rangers FC 1999 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 10 Rangers FC 2000 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 11 Rangers FC 2001 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 12 Rangers FC 2002 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 13 Rangers FC 2003 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 14 Rangers FC 2004 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 15 Rangers FC 2005 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 16 Rangers FC 2006 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 17 Rangers FC 2007 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 18 Rangers FC 2008 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 19 Rangers FC 2009 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 20 Rangers FC 2010 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 21 Rangers FC 2011 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 22 Rangers FC 2012 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 23 Rangers FC 2013 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 24 Rangers FC 2014 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 25 Rangers FC 2015 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 26 Rangers FC 2016 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 27 Rangers FC 2017 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 28 Rangers FC 2018 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 29 Rangers FC 2019 Hist The Official Rangers Annual # 30 Rangers FC 2020 Hist The Unofficial Rangers Annual 20/21 2021 Misc London Illustrated News - Ibrox Disaster 1902 LIN 1902 Misc Boys Magazine - Glasgow Rangers Team BM 1928 Misc John Greig's Book of Football John Greig 1969 Misc The Rangers Quiz Book Alex Hosie 1987 Misc A question of Rangers Fwd. by Derek Johnstone 1991 Misc Rangers Legends Quiz book A-Fab sponsor 1995 Misc The Ultimate Rangers Quiz Book David Mason 2001 Misc Love Food - Amoruso's Italian cookbook Lorenzo Amoruso 2002 Misc Rangers ICF Davie Carrick / Martin King 2006 Misc 21st Century Blue - Being a Bear in the modern world David Edgar 2010 Misc The Best Rangers Football Chants Ever A Fan 2010 Misc Manchester Brace Yourself Brent MacFarlane 2011 Misc Rangers Pub Quiz Book Benchmark Books 2012 Misc Only Here to see the Rangers - 45 years of Follow-following Gordon Cubie 2015 Misc The Bear hunter - Searching Rangers NIAR Heroes John Irwin / Murray Scougall 2017 Misc Rangers quiz Book - find out all about the Teddy Bears Chris Carpenter 2018 Misc Rangers FC Songbook Fans Dictionary 2020 Fict The Rangers' Recruit; Grand Yarn of Football & Mystery The Boys' Friend Library 1932 Fict Pack Men Alan Bisset 2011 Fict Four Men Had a Dream Jamie Bryson 2012 Fict The Famous Three Bears Stevie Wilson 2020 Pol Down the Copeland Road Ronnie Esplin 2000 Pol It's Rangers for Me Ronnie Esplin & Graham Walker 2007 Pol Rangers; Triumphs, Troubles and Traditions Ronnie Esplin 2010 Pol Born Under a Union flag - Alan Bisset / Alasdair McKillop 2014 Man George Young ; Football Made Easy, A Plan for coaching with Bob McNab 1959 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 9,004 Posted June 12, 2021 Author Share Posted June 12, 2021 I used to read far more than I have since starting serious study a few years ago but most of the time I still have a book "on the go", although increasingly I'm prone to leaving them unfinished. An exception was "The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity" by Douglas Murray and published by Bloomsbury, which I could hardly put down and read so quickly I now realise I'm going to have to read it again if I'm going to get all of what it offers. Murray's exposé of woke politics and the social justice myth is devastating. For my part he was like a guide, framing my thoughts in fact and clarity, providing meaning and corroboration to everything I felt only viscerally. I couldn't recommend this book highly enough. Leftists call Murray a far right fanatic, which of course he isn't, not even close, only illustrating how adept he is at uncovering the deceit at the heart of identity politics. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 5,371 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I'm about to dive into The Brothers Karamazov. I may be some time... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 8,138 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rousseau said: I'm about to dive into The Brothers Karamazov. I may be some time... I'm reading The Idiot (very enjoyable) and The Brothers Karamazov is literally top of my 'to read' shelf. I might take a detour via EL Doctorow's Ragtime though. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 5,371 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 52 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: I'm reading The Idiot (very enjoyable) and The Brothers Karamazov is literally top of my 'to read' shelf. I might take a detour via EL Doctorow's Ragtime though. Ha! I have The Idiot on my pile (I bought it alongside BK). Which translation do you have? I went for the Avsey ones. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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