Bold Rover Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 It is probably irvines best work besides trainspotting tbh. Acid House is good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjenova Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Reading Ronald Reng's A Life Too Short, about late German goalkeeper Robert Enke. About 3/4 of the way through it. I honestly can't recommend it highly enough. Touchingly written, a vivid look at the difficulties faced by depressives, and professional sportspeople in general - even the details of his career were an interesting enough tale on it's own. It isn't a light read, but not a crushing one. I kind of felt obliged to read it, but I've ended up really enjoying it, and I'm not dreading the ending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracowjambo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 It's much better, I'd say. Porno kid of trades on the fact that the characters were in Trainspotting, if you get what I mean. I will give a go. I just hope he doesn't meantion Hibs beating Hearts. It happens in his books more than in real life :-D. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracowjambo Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Acid House is good. I seen the film and thought it was a bit pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyarabnuts Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I read Maribou years ago and yes it is one of welsh's best works as I said before I'm reading Skag Boys atm but finding it hard to get Into,just the mood I'm in though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Mongo del Fantastico Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Currently on Book 3 of a Song of Ice and Fire. Seems to be finally kicking off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banterman86 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I wasn't as into Maribiou as others on here - it was still very good, but I wouldn;t rank it as his best. It was perhaps too dark, too twisted. I greatly enjoyed skagboys, although i read it on holiday, which may change your view on a book 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore - BBC level history innit? now re-reading Blood Meridian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 I wasn't as into Maribiou as others on here - it was still very good, but I wouldn;t rank it as his best. It was perhaps too dark, too twisted. I greatly enjoyed skagboys, although i read it on holiday, which may change your view on a book Very dark and very twisted, but easily his best novel in my opinion. That being said, I think his short stories are far better than his novels. "The Kingdom" is one of the funniest pieces I've ever read. Not sure what I last added to this forum, but in the last month or so I've read "When the Devil Drives" and "Bedlam" by Christopher Brookmyre, the first of which was very good, the second was decent but probably only worth reading if you're a big fan of his work, "In the Wake" and "It's Fine by Me" by Per Petterson, both fantastically written but very depressing, "Waiting for Sunrise" by William Boyd, which was OK, "What the Grandchildren Should Know" by Mark Oliver Everett, which is probably the best autobiography I have ever read, and "The 100 year Old Man Who Climbed Out of a Window and Disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson, which is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowers Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Just send me word -Orlando Figes An excellant read about a young couple seperated for 13 years due to ww2 and the russian gulag, contains multiple letters written to eachother over that time which are a brillant inclusion and add a more touching and personal feel to the book. 5/5 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King. 4 decent short stories, took me less than a day, mind, but still enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Put down Blood Meridian to skim read The 64 Things You Need To Know Now For Then by Ben Hammersley. He's the editor of Wired magazine and teaches here about technology and society and whatever. Moore's Law etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Put down Blood Meridian to skim read The 64 Things You Need To Know Now For Then by Ben Hammersley. He's the editor of Wired magazine and teaches here about technology and society and whatever. Moore's Law etc. too much non stop, relentless violence for you? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I've read it before, just breaking it up with a dip into something else since it's a re-read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillinger Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Hack, by Graham Johnson. Former News Of The World reporter. Really shows the scummy ways the paper/comic got their stories. Fair few just made up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibby82 Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Cocaine Nights by JG Ballard. Surreal and brilliant, fantastic writer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviehaybhoy Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Kicking the Black Mamba: Life, Alcohol & Death. Robert Anthony Welch This is about the death of a young man who drowned in a river in Northern Ireland after a drinking binge. The book is written by his father who's a University professor at Coleraine and it's an incredibly lyrical depiction of the pain and torture caused by a father's son who is inexorably and relentlessly pursuing death. Not only are the impulsive urges at fault but his complete self destructiveness. The scene in which his father tries to coax him out of a pub full of a local gang is incredibly tense. It's definitely harrowing and often depressing but it's so well written that it will probably be regarded as a cautionary reference work for addicts of any kind. There is hope in amongst the carnage and misery and overall, well worth reading 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffy Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Kicking the Black Mamba: Life, Alcohol & Death. Robert Anthony Welch This is about the death of a young man who drowned in a river in Northern Ireland after a drinking binge. The book is written by his father who's a University professor at Coleraine and it's an incredibly lyrical depiction of the pain and torture caused by a father's son who is inexorably and relentlessly pursuing death. Not only are the impulsive urges at fault but his complete self destructiveness. The scene in which his father tries to coax him out of a pub full of a local gang is incredibly tense. It's definitely harrowing and often depressing but it's so well written that it will probably be regarded as a cautionary reference work for addicts of any kind. There is hope in amongst the carnage and misery and overall, well worth reading Good review DHB . Will read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviehaybhoy Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Good review DHB . Will read. Don't expect too many laughs but it is an incredibly powerful story 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyman Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Been reading An Idiot Abroad and it's a pile of pish. Thought I'd give it a bash an just gave up. Only read it as hadn't got round to getting my next John Connoly book in the Charlie Parker series. Now there's some good reading. Also Carl Hiaassen rights some good books 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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