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Old 16th February 2006, 10:10 AM
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Re: Read anything good recently?
Atonement by Ian McEwan is absolutely astonishing, best book I've read in years.

Agree with the Ellroy fans - I got lost in American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand and could barely think about anything else when reading them. Can't wait for the final part of the trilogy

I ended up reading a load of non-fiction books after on JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald in an attempt to find some definitive answers on all those goings on, but they posed more questions than answers.
Libra, by Don Delillo is written in Lee Harvey Oswald's voice and is also fantastic.

Football wise, you can't go wrong with Morbo as metioned earlier. Ajax, The Dutch, The War by Simon Kuper looks at Ajax/Holland during the persecution of the Jews and the less than sterling role played by the club, another great read. Also going through Boys From The Mersey at the moment - it's written with a lot more wit and humour than the usual ex-Crew 'we ran them/they never turned up' book.

Started Pefume last night.......warped but impressive.
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