Book recommendations

[mcmanusrules]

...no...
I have read Ronnie's but I remember very little of it, and I want to read The Great WT's.

[elvaago]

I can summarise Jimmy's for you.

I drank a bunch of alcohol.

The End.

:-)

[snookersfun]

I can summarise Jimmy's for you.

I drank a bunch of alcohol.

The End.

:-)

I guess that wasn't a recommendation then?

[mcmanusrules]

Unless your an alcoholic...

[elvaago]

It's a fun read, admittedly. Jimmy was a wild boy alright.

[gingerale]

It's not just about drinking.
Gambling is also mentioned.

But as elvaago put it, it's actually a fun read. Sometimes a bit dramatic in style but nevertheless a nice diversion from nowadays 'at least ten hours pactise a day is the absolute necessity in a professional player's life' image. And according to the usual practice of snooker biographies, there are nice anecdotes about some other players.

[hegeland]

Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a truly great book that touched me deeply. Amazingly enough, it manages not to be smothered by it's own fame. On the contrary it is full of life and character and is powerful enough to profoundly touch a reader not aware of the book's illustriousness. Highly recommended to anyone!

[Mitsuko]

I'm currently reading, Teach yourself Linux

Not the most interesting book for some I'd guess

[berolina]

Another book to recommend - only for German speaking people though - is Ein dickes Fell by Heinrich Steinfest.
It's about a one-armed detective of Chinese origin in Vienna finding out about a secret concerning the composition of 4711...
As far as I know it hasn't been translated, I doubt if that's possible anyway...powerful and funny language

[snookersfun]

ooooohhhh 4711 aus Koeln! Getting homesick while typing. Will get it next time over there!

[Wity]

Any Sven Hassel fans here?

And if so, do you know of any books in a simlar vein to his?

[Maija]

I just finished "A star called Henry" by Roddy Doyle, and rather enjoyed it. I am still a bit confused, I must admit, but it was through and through a good book about the Easter Rising and the poorer people of Dublin at that time. It doesn't really leave Michael Collins much honour, but he's had enough

So it's back to "Stufen zum Galgen. Lebenswege vor den Nürnberger Prozessen" a book with biographies on the nazis who were executed after the Nürnberger processes. Quite thorough, though it annoys me that it has been poorly proofread.

Another German book I'd recommend is "Dreizehn" by Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein. It's fantasy, which I am not too fond of, but I find the bat totally cute. (Though if you've read one Hohlbein book, you have read them all.)

For those who read Norwegian I would recommend Gert Nygårdshaug. I adore most of his books, but "Mengele Zoo", "Himmelblomsttreets muligheter" and "Afrodites basseng" are just brilliant (and should be read in that order too). I can't understand why his books haven't been translated!

Last Swedish book I read was "Arvet efter Arn" by Jan Guillou, the last book in a four-book trilogy on the Knight Templar Arn Magnusson. It might not be high literature, but very good entertainment. These books are all translated into English and German at least. I just read that the books will be filmatised. Hm... never worked out well with Hamilton.

(Yes. I like reading.) (A lot.)

[DeadQueen]

One of my favourite books is The Outsider by Camus, I thought it was excellent and easier to follow that some of Satrte's work. I'm on the first of Sarte's Roads to Freedom trilogy at the moment though, it may take me a while

[berolina]

ooooohhhh 4711 aus Koeln! Getting homesick while typing. Will get it next time over there!

While you're at it...buy Steinfest, Heinrich: Cheng Sein erster Fall as well. It's hilarious...

[missneworleans]

" A cat, who...."

A very interesting series of books, about very clever cat! U have to read it!