HeartsparkDollarsign Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Just finished that one myself. Excellent read, and it fair stokes up the moral indignation at the way players used to be treated. Serves as an antidote to the sepia-toned memories we normally get presented of that era by showing the day-to-day reality of trying to make a living from the game. If you're interested, Gary Imlach is appearing on this Friday night as part of the Aye Write festival, alongside Gordon Burn (talking about his book "Best and Edwards") and some wee baldy bloke from Barrhead. Scroll down to 7:15 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermac Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 If you're interested, Gary Imlach is appearing on this Friday night as part of the Aye Write festival, alongside Gordon Burn (talking about his book "Best and Edwards") and some wee baldy bloke from Barrhead. Scroll down to 7:15 Might toddle along, sounds good. Where is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsparkDollarsign Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Mitchell Library. Details at the link on previous post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Currently reading 'Heartfelt' by Scotsman columnist Aiden Smith. It's about a diehard Hibby who spends a season going to Hearts games. It's a lot more entertaining than it seems, although it's in that Nick Hornby 'middle-class football fan' style which the author creditably acknowledges and laughs about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrgirl Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Betrayed by Lydnsey Harris True story - A Mother. A daugher. A family torn apart. It was ok but I knew who was really doing all the things that were happening to the family about half way through. Worth a read though - I read it in about 3 hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted February 18, 2007 Author Share Posted February 18, 2007 Return of the Bunny Suicides - Andy Riley. Genius. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 What's Left: how the Liberals Lost Their Way by Nick Cohen. Nick Cohen examines the movement of large elements of the left to embrace totalitarianism in the 21st century. It's an interesting book, he covers historical precendents for the left embracing facism talks about the anti-war movement (run by a committee of Communists, Trotskyists and Islamists) and the aftermath of the Iraq War. Basically the chastises a large section of the left for adopting political positions with no thought for the logic of them - the US is evil ergo Osama Bin Laden et al can't be all bad for fighting them. Some of it is very funny, there is a section on the rise of 'theorists' and he is pretty acidic in ridiculing them for impenetrable technocrat gobbledegook, reminded me of a lot of Orwells essays. Other parts of it are pretty depressing really. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 What's Left: how the Liberals Lost Their Way by Nick Cohen.Nick Cohen examines the movement of large elements of the left to embrace totalitarianism in the 21st century. It's an interesting book, he covers historical precendents for the left embracing facism talks about the anti-war movement (run by a committee of Communists, Trotskyists and Islamists) and the aftermath of the Iraq War. Basically the chastises a large section of the left for adopting political positions with no thought for the logic of them - the US is evil ergo Osama Bin Laden et al can't be all bad for fighting them. Some of it is very funny, there is a section on the rise of 'theorists' and he is pretty acidic in ridiculing them for impenetrable technocrat gobbledegook, reminded me of a lot of Orwells essays. Other parts of it are pretty depressing really. Bought that a week or so ago but havent got round to reading it yet. I quite like his columns in the Observer and have read extracts of this book, but I'm not sure I'm totally convinced by his main argument here. Will keep an open mind until I read it properly though and, if nothing else, I do generally find his stuff very readable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Half A Person Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I've just read ' A Spot Of Bother' by Mark Haddon author of , ' The Curious Incident...', the book written from an autistic boy's perspective. It's alright, a bit meandering at times. It doesn't know whether it wants to be comic novel or a perceptive l;ook at 21st century families and as a result it falls between the two, being neither funny or accurate in its potrayal of modern relationships. And it's infuriatingly ( I suspect, deliberately) inconclusive. That said, it's a fine book to pass the time and there are a few well observed moments in the book that rang true with regards to my own family. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larbert_Par Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 Garrincha by Ruy Castro.If you can,I would thoroughly recomend you read it.Fantastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Reading 'Cal' by Bernard MacLaverty for my NQ in Literature 1, what a dull bloody book, first chapter was about 30 pages! Now read two chapters, most I can read is a chapter a night as it's so fucking dull... getting to the point where I really want the UVF to kill the boring p***k! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarreZ Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I finished The Pact by Jodi Picoult last night, i thought it was fabulous and quite touching. I sent the author an email today telling her how much I enjoyed it and she took the time to write me back and say thanks, result! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Victims by Shaun Hutson, found this in my old dears loft after years of her nagging me to clear all my old shit out of their house! Not bad horror novel, i think I enjoyed it more when i was 17 but it was not bad 6/10 Just started Carabanchel:the last brit in europe's hellhole prison by christopher chance, not bad so far 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewie Griffin Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Now read two chapters, most I can read is a chapter a night as it's so fucking dull... getting to the point where I really want the UVF to kill the boring p***k! Just get the film - it's good. And has a fit Helen Mirren getting down to it if I remember correctly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kincardine Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Has anyone read 'The Last King Of Scotland'?I went to see the film last night and it was pretty good, wondering if the books worth a read. I finished the book at the weekend but haven't seen the film yet. I thought the book was patchy. I liked the idea of it (young doctor goes to Uganda to work in a rural hospital and end up as Idi Amin's personal physician) but didn't warm at all to the character of Garrigan. On the other hand, his portrayal of Amin was excellent. You clearly saw that the man was a mad, murderous tyrant but at the same time sort-of liked him. The author also portrays British Intelligence as being bumbling amateurs - and I haven't decided if this was because they were, in fact, bumbling amateurs and he's captured them well or if is just down to sloppy writing. I've just read a synposis of the film and read that it's, "only loosely based on Giles Foden's novel" so my gut feeling is that you have to regard them as seperate works. From what I've read the film is more clear-cut and morally black and white whereas the book is more introspective and reflective. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 I finished The Pact by Jodi Picoult last night, i thought it was fabulous and quite touching.I sent the author an email today telling her how much I enjoyed it and she took the time to write me back and say thanks, result! I love Jodi Picoult, her books are wonderful. I'm reaing Keeping Mum at the moment, I think it's the only one I haven't read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 (edited) 'Only Here For The Beer: Gerry Marshall' A highly entertaining read about the larger than life, hard drinking, hard driving Englishman who became Britian's most successful racing driver with over 600 career victories spanning 40 years. Originally published in 1978 but reprinted after his death last year. Appropriately enough he died of a heart related illness while testing a car at Silverstone, parking it near the clubhouse where he'd terrorised the bar for so many years. Plenty of humorous stories, including his opinion on Nigel Mansell: 'He's a w*nker, but he's a fast w*nker'. Saw him race at Ingliston in the late sixties, early seventies. That boy was quick!! He raced a Vauxhall Firenza and Ford Escort IIRC. Here is the wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Marshall My memory is better than I thought he did race Escorts too! Edited March 1, 2007 by madmitch 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 currently reading hannibal rising, before going to see the movie in the cinema. Excellent book. Slow start, but has some excellent imagery in it, along with some very likeable and dislikeable characters. Just about finished it now and, if you like the character Hannibal, its definitely worth reading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Billy by Pamela Stephenson. 8/10 The Indispensible Calvin & Hobbes. 10/10 If you have'nt read a Calvin & Hobbes book I highly recommend them. They are of course cartoon strips but are sharp witted to the point that kids probably would'nt understand the humour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I love Jodi Picoult, her books are wonderful. I'm reaing Keeping Mum at the moment, I think it's the only one I haven't read. I just finished "Keeping Faith" by her. A bit disapopinted at the ending. I think if you read too much of hers they all start to merge into the same book. I read 2 in succesion on holiday and I felt as if I'd read them before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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