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Post Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:47 pm

School Days - Robert B Parker
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Post Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:30 am

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Post Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:56 am

The second-best book of non-fiction ever composed. Yes, you guessed it, Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.
“An’ this is the last of Brummy,” he said, leaning on his spade and looking away over the tops of the ragged gums on the distant range.
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Post Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:43 pm

'How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World' by Francis Wheen.

Heard someone reviewing it on the radio, described it as 'the antidote to everything you read in the Daily Mail' I thought yup, that's good enough for me.
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Post Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:46 am

man and bhoy, neil lennons biography
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Post Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:00 pm

I read Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus".
Then they'll take you to Cloughprior
Shove you in the ground
But you'll stick your head back out and shout
"Let's have another round!"
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Post Sun Dec 31, 2006 5:41 pm

Cream, How Eric Clapton Took the World by Storm by Dave Thompson..does ayone know this author? should i continue or just set it aside?
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Post Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:41 am

KathleenwithaK wrote:Cream, How Eric Clapton Took the World by Storm by Dave Thompson..does ayone know this author? should i continue or just set it aside?


Ðe same Dave Þompson who hað played on Teletubbies?
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Post Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:46 am

I just finished Me Moir by Vic Reeves. ITs fgood.Im waiting for Kiss My Arse from amazon
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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:42 am

The Damned Utd by David Peace.

Excellent book, highly recommended for anyone who likes football. And especially anyone who remembers the 70s. :)
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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 11:20 am

dark moon by david gemmell
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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:03 pm

firehazard wrote:The Damned Utd by David Peace.

Excellent book, highly recommended for anyone who likes football. And especially anyone who remembers the 70s. :)


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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:15 pm

philipchevron wrote:
firehazard wrote:The Damned Utd by David Peace.

Excellent book, highly recommended for anyone who likes football. And especially anyone who remembers the 70s. :)


Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Stephen Frears and starring.......................no, surely not?..............Michael Sheen


Football as in the 'right' football
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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:35 pm

philipchevron wrote:
firehazard wrote:The Damned Utd by David Peace.

Excellent book, highly recommended for anyone who likes football. And especially anyone who remembers the 70s. :)


Soon to be a major motion picture, directed by Stephen Frears and starring.......................no, surely not?..............Michael Sheen


Well, he's impersonated everyone else successfully, so let him loose on Cloughie :lol:

Glad you enjoyed the book, Firehazard. I reckon it was my book of the year. Still can't get into Peace's crime fic, though.
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Post Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:39 pm

Mick Molloy wrote:Football as in the 'right' football


Well, yes. I suppose I could have been more specific, but I don't generally use the term "soccer", even when talking to my rugby- or gaelic-loving friends. :wink: :)

Anyway, The Damned Utd is a very good read. And the way the author seems to get under the skin of his subject almost makes it seem strange to find it on the fiction shelves.
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