I read this. I thought his writing to be similar to Kerouac at first until I researched iy and found out that he wrote this novel years before The subterraneans. I remember also that I was going to look for more books by him but didn;t follow through. I found this book in the Anarchist section of a head shop. (just browsing) God knows where I'll find his other novels. sorry this post was in response to someone who read John Fante's 'Ask the dust' Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts which is a modern day Count of Monte Vristo on steroids.
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen. Also reading the Detective Hunter series by Chris Carter. Just finished The Executioner and will start The Night Stalker shortly.
Must... not... make... joke... about... performance-enhancing drugs.... Right, that seems to have passed, though they would be useful for the protagonist of The Running Man, which I'm currently reading. I'm reminded of a cross between The Hunger Games and 1984.
Storm of Swords. Never read the others but thought I'd read it before the next season of Game of Thrones starts. Also reading: Born to Run. I love this book but it makes me feel bad about sitting and reading while I should be running my arse off
I've recently read the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. It's very powerful, very honest and makes me realise that the little stuff I think of as problems are nothing at all compared to what some people went through.
The War Against Cliche, by Martin Amis. It's a collection of essays on literature. Provocative and often funny.
Currently, I am reading a book called Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally. I don't know if I'll finish it, though...
I'm reading The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. If anything, I'm curious to know why he got a fatwa on his head after publishing this book. It's a very strange but intriguing so far.
Just finished a collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories. Some really amazing stories here, I really enjoyed it. Vineland by Thomas Pynchon I'm currently working my way slowly through. I love love love this book.
I'm rereading Earthly Powers, by Anthony Burgess. I haven't read it since it was first published in 1980, and it's still dazzling. A virtuoso performance by one of my favorite writers.
Just finished Ash , by James Herbert. Chock full of cliches. The ending was dragging out far more than it needed to.
Hmm. Fluid Dynamics by Kundu, Cohen, and Dowling Crime and Punishment, Dostoyevsky Bread, Jeffrey Hamelman The Silent Girl, Tess Gerritsen
Currently on book two of the The Death Gate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, liked the first one was very interesting read, six more to go so will see how it goes...
I'm currently reading A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin, with only a couple hundred more pages to go. I love this series so much.
i've just finished the hobbit. honestly didn't think it lived up to the lord of the rings trilogy but they STILL managed to massacre it in the film.
Trudging through Player Piano. It's interesting to see how Vonnegut's style evolved from this to The Sirens of Titan. The plot itself is rather cliched and predictable. Same goes for the characters.
Ranger's Apprentice: Emperor of Nihon-ja by John Flanagan. This is the last book in the Ranger's Apprentice series and I'm finding it quite enjoyable.
Smart, smug, iconoclastic, deliberately provocative. Amis's affectionate but brutal takedown of Don Quixote is classic. I enjoyed his reviews of a biography of Malcolm Lowry, his assessment of Saul Bellow, and some other pieces in the book. Some I skipped because I was unfamiliar with the subjects, such as Philip Larkin. I highly recommend the book.
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson Shadowplay by Tad Williams I only have a chapter left of the first one, but I've been putting it off. I'm a sissy and I don't want to know how it ends.
