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The Official Unofficial Book Group Book Discussion thread

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LindsD
LindsD
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Didn't like Eleanor Oliphant.

Liked all of Patrick Melrose.

Love Douglas Adams, Iain Banks, and usually Rose Tremain but not all of them. Actually the last non book club book that I loved was Commonwealth by Ann Patchett. Dislike description but like language and character.
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Liked little fires everywhere. And the book of memory. And Gideon Mack. And tinker tailor soldier spy. Book every year of my life being kind to me at the moment

I didn’t much like two of your favourite books: post office and that one with the shrieky bloke. So I’m no help :-)
Diogenes
Diogenes
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The one with the shrieky bloke! :-) Owen meany?
Diogenes
Diogenes
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Ok, here is my recommendation:

The Slaves Of Solitude by Patrick Hamilton
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Diogenes
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Also, you might like Le Carré’s latest, Agent Running In The Field.
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A confederacy of dunces :-)
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Headlong by Michael Frayn
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Pretty sure I enjoyed that one ^^
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Thanks for the New Yorker link to Resevoir 13, Dio. You might recall just how much I love that book - the review - which I hadn't read - does it justice in my eyes!
Diogenes
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It’s very good, isn’t it? Made me appreciate the book even more than I did.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

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