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GregP
GregP
Nov 2020
6:34pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Yes, absolutely. Oooh that reminds me? Anyone seen Dio? I wonder if we can add James Elroy to his ‘list of horribly overrated entities’?
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Nov 2020
6:39pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Little Nemo
Elmore Leonard is great and his writing had generated some wonderful films and TV.

*resists harping on about Justified again* ;-)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2020
6:56pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Diogenes
Did I here my name mentioned?
Diogenes
Diogenes
Nov 2020
9:40pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Diogenes
I don’t have such a list. I’ve read Elmore Leonard, I might have read James Elroy, but I’ve not read Carl Hiassen. I’ve not read enough Of the first two to have a firm opinion, but I did enjoy Get Shorty.
Chrisull
Chrisull
Nov 2020
11:22pm, 28 Nov 2020
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And while we're at it Donovan > Bob Dylan. I give you Hurdy Gurdy Man and Season of the Witch. No great claims for the lyrics, it's the music what does it. Runs away and hides.
Serendippily
Serendippily
Nov 2020
11:24pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Serendippily
Are you on the thread you thought you were Chrisull? ;-)
Chrisull
Chrisull
Nov 2020
11:26pm, 28 Nov 2020
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Chrisull
Yep - GregP's quote about Leonard vs Hiassen was like Dylan being that much greater than Donovan... I was merely exploding the original premise :-)
GregP
GregP
Nov 2020
7:59am, 29 Nov 2020
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GregP
I love Fetchland.
LindsD
LindsD
Nov 2020
9:02am, 29 Nov 2020
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LindsD
Me too
beebop
beebop
Nov 2020
11:01pm, 29 Nov 2020
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beebop
Janes Elroy: read and mostly enjoyed the LA quartet - The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, LA Confidential and the other one. White Jazz? Thought LA Confidential was probably the best of the group.

Read American Tabloid. Okay. Wouldn’t reread.

And The Cold Six Thousand. On holiday. Nothing else to read.

Abandoned Blood’s A Rover.

Got bored of the short paragraphs.

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Some of the most discussed books include:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
(mind-bending mystery with halls and statues)
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The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (geriatric murder mystery from Britain's tallest comedic brainbox)
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The Salt Path by Raynor Winn
(Memoir of a homeless couple walking the SWCP)
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Milkman by Anna Burns
(Superlative prize-winning fiction)
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The Player Of Games by Iain M. Banks (Sci-Fi)
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (weird steampunk)
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