Has anyone read any good books recently
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10-02-2023 06:05 PM #1
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10-02-2023 07:00 PM #2
The Amateurs by John Irvine.
It's hilarious, particularly so if you're a golfer.
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10-02-2023 07:02 PM #3
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It was an absolute joy, from start to finish.
I’ve enjoyed all the John Niven books I’ve read and I intend to read more.
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15-02-2023 10:27 AM #5
I recently re-read The Crow Road, forgot how good a book it is. Also my mate got me The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt for my birthday, totally not the kind of book I would buy for myself but it turned out to be really good, it is darkly funny and a real page turner.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
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15-02-2023 03:27 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The BBC made a decent fist of adapting it for television too imo.
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22-02-2023 10:30 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Have you read Kill your friends?
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11-04-2023 10:49 AM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Brilliant and will get passed onto my golfing chums when I get home.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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11-04-2023 12:29 PM #9
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The greatest footballer you never saw.
Amazing book about Robin Friday
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11-02-2023 06:08 AM #10
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The satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer.
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11-02-2023 12:44 PM #11
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12-02-2023 01:03 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteFollow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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15-02-2023 02:42 PM #14This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
His autobiography, and away is really good too.
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20-02-2023 09:56 PM #15
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11-02-2023 06:31 AM #16
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Niddrie Boys is a decent read
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11-02-2023 06:28 PM #21
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Some folk use ghost writers to fill in blanks and to dramatise stories, coming from Niddrie Alex could have added much much more if he wanted to dramatise it
I could be biased I suppose, whilst not knowing him or his Brothers personally I know a few people mentioned & many more he didnt name but hinted of
A particular family being related to me too and a pub I frequented in my youth 😀
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11-02-2023 06:28 PM #22
The young team by Graeme Armstrong and The Yank by John Crawley, both brilliant reads
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Maybe better that I found a lot of it relatable and the references of that time as appposed to someone who maybe wasn't around the 'ned' culture of the time.
I had heard it was being made into a t.v show but not sure how far along it's got.
Suppose this is bit of a personal taste, but I'm half through the Pete Doherty autobiography a likely lad. As a fan of libertines and Babyshambles I'm enjoying it.
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Pete Doherty autobiography sounds brilliant tbf
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21-02-2023 09:00 AM #25This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
sadly in Livingston it goes way back as well, through the 90s and probably 80s as well
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15-02-2023 04:01 PM #26
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Read Shuggie Bain last year. It’s unrelenting misery in his life story but you can’t put the book down.
Terrific read.
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22-02-2023 10:04 PM #27
Born in blood- The lost secrets of freemasonary. John j Robinson.
Brilliant. First book that made me gasp when reading.
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Curious to know.
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