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Has anyone read any good books recently

The Amateurs by John Irvine.

It's hilarious, particularly so if you're a golfer.

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Originally Posted by Hibbyradge

The Amateurs by John Irvine.

It's hilarious, particularly so if you're a golfer.

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Thanks I’ll have a look for it. A summer golfer these days.

The satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer.

Niddrie Boys is a decent read

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Originally Posted by HibbyDave

The satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer.

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Thanks have ordered it

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Originally Posted by Bridge hibs

Niddrie Boys is a decent read

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Thanks have ordered it

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Niddrie Boys is a decent read

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I thought it was dreadful 😬. Felt like I was reading something a 14 year old had written.

The young team by Graeme Armstrong and The Yank by John Crawley, both brilliant reads


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Originally Posted by Hibby70

I thought it was dreadful 😬. Felt like I was reading something a 14 year old had written.

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Alex did say some of the spelling etc may not be accurate however I suppose to get as accurate an account as possible, a story from memory its quite decent a read.

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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Originally Posted by FifeHibs

Thanks have ordered it

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It’s a light read but entertaining.

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Originally Posted by HibbyDave

It’s a light read but entertaining.

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It gets really good reviews just finished midnight in Chernobyl and the last checkmate both amazing books

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Originally Posted by HibbyDave

The satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer.

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A mate of mines recommended this recently tae. I’m going to get it.

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Originally Posted by easty

A mate of mines recommended this recently tae. I’m going to get it.

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I just got it, so looking card to reading that soon. Getting through “Sorry Your Head Out” by Sam Delaney first, though.

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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

The young team by Graeme Armstrong and The Yank by John Crawley, both brilliant reads


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I mentioned it on another thread some time last year as well, but I thought the young team was really good.
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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Originally Posted by Hibee87

I mentioned it on another thread some time last year as well, but I thought the young team was really good.
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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I was born around the millennium in Livingston North so my memories of any meaningful Ned culture are really just as a young child, but there was definitely laddies I was at school with that were that way inclined even into the 2010s.

Pete Doherty autobiography sounds brilliant tbf


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The Amateurs by John Irvine.

It's hilarious, particularly so if you're a golfer.

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This is the funniest book I’ve ever read.

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by easty

A mate of mines recommended this recently tae. I’m going to get it.

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It's a good read, I thoroughly enjoyed it.

His autobiography, and away is really good too.

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Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch

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.

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Interesting you now mention the Crow Road because that's probably my other favourite book (alongside the Amateurs).

The BBC made a decent fist of adapting it for television too imo.

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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Originally Posted by HibbyDave

The satsuma complex by Bob Mortimer.

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Booked arrived I’ll let you know how I get on

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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

I was born around the millennium in Livingston North so my memories of any meaningful Ned culture are really just as a young child, but there was definitely laddies I was at school with that were that way inclined even into the 2010s.

Pete Doherty autobiography sounds brilliant tbf


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sadly in Livingston it goes way back as well, through the 90s and probably 80s as well

Born in blood- The lost secrets of freemasonary. John j Robinson.
Brilliant. First book that made me gasp when reading.

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Originally Posted by Smartie

This is the funniest book I’ve ever read.

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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It was hilarious. The story when the postman arrived nearly ended me! 😂

Have you read Kill your friends?

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Born in blood- The lost secrets of freemasonary. John j Robinson.
Brilliant. First book that made me gasp when reading.

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Does it tell you what they talk about? I’m desperate to know but not desperate enough to actually become a Mason [emoji23]


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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

Does it tell you what they talk about? I’m desperate to know but not desperate enough to actually become a Mason [emoji23]


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Why not?

Curious to know.

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Originally Posted by HibbyDave

Why not?

Curious to know.

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The whole “religious” side of it as I have no religious belief, having to swear allegiance to the crown etc, it’s pretty much seamless overlap with loyalist politics in central Scotland


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Originally Posted by ErinGoBraghHFC

The whole “religious” side of it as I have no religious belief, having to swear allegiance to the crown etc, it’s pretty much seamless overlap with loyalist politics in central Scotland


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😂😂😂😂

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Originally Posted by OldEast

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You seriously going to tell me there’s not a huge amount of them at every Masonic? Pull the other one ffs[emoji23]

Edit: of course I could be wrong and I’m more than happy to be educated on it, but it’s a pretty common view to have on freemasonry. Don’t have to be a dick about it [emoji23]

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