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I could do with something to read. Got a few sitting here but can't get into any of them so I need something I wouldn't normally pick (tend to gravitate towards music biographies)

I've enjoyed the books of Nick Hornby and Douglas Coupland and I tend to gravitate towards American fiction.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 11:33 am
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Wool

Got great reviews on radio 2 book club a few months ago.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 12:00 pm
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I am tempted by this http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/books/bicycle_diaries/

Just read The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan which is a manifesto for rational thinkers and a bloody good read.

Or american fiction cant be topped by anything Elmore Leonard ever wrote, crackling dialogue, clever plots, he is the best.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 12:03 pm
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As you do so much gravitating..

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Posted : 02/07/2013 12:17 pm
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Bit of J.G. Ballard perhaps? Cocaine Nights would be a good start.

I'm revisiting Jeeves and Wooster at the moment, which are light but very funny and well written.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 12:23 pm
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As well as David Byrne's Bicycle Diaries, which is very good, BTW, how about his other book, How Music Works.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 12:36 pm
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CZ I have the music one waiting on my shelf. Looking forward to reading it.


 
Posted : 02/07/2013 12:45 pm