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Nicholls595 Nov 2020 9:19am, 24 Nov 2020 22,788 posts	0 Nicholls595 I've read all of the books that followed RIWAF and I must say, very disappointed by the lack of skateboarding references.
Oscar the Grouch Nov 2020 9:42am, 24 Nov 2020 2,084 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Good work, Nicho Are you with me that the first one decent, the others on a sliding scale from readable nonsense to readable to meurgh, depending which one you pick up. Personally the Moldovans were a low point. Not a sentence I expected to ever write.
Nicholls595 Nov 2020 9:47am, 24 Nov 2020 22,792 posts	0 Nicholls595 There's one where he lives in a small village in France? of somewhere. Bit self indulgent. Then one where he moves to a small village in the South West. Not brilliant. And no halfpipes and other down wiv da kids stuff.
Oscar the Grouch Nov 2020 9:51am, 24 Nov 2020 2,088 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Yes, Pyrennees (sp.?) - indeed. Not read the south west one but probably will at some point as I am a west country boy as you know. The lack of half pipes is disappointing. Rather like Ronnie Barker's authorised bio - and then Ronnie did rep in Oxford... zzz. Brilliant man, dreadful bio.
Diogenes Nov 2020 10:06am, 24 Nov 2020 55,215 posts	0 Diogenes I've read fridge and Moldovans. I don't recall the latter being any more contrived or irrelevant than the first. Not read the others. Not read any skateboarding biogs either.
Wriggling Snake Nov 2020 11:17am, 24 Nov 2020 28,931 posts	0 Wriggling Snake McCarthy's Bar is the best of the type.
Diogenes Nov 2020 11:17am, 24 Nov 2020 55,223 posts	0 Diogenes I thought exactly the same when I was thinking about my last post, Wriggers.
GregP Nov 2020 12:10pm, 24 Nov 2020 123,818 posts	0 GregP Off topic but I really liked this. Suspect it might be up Dio's street too. waterstones.com
Diogenes Nov 2020 2:08pm, 24 Nov 2020 55,231 posts	0 Diogenes Maybe, although I’m not much of a linguist unlike you Duolingo types.
Nicholls595 Nov 2020 2:20pm, 24 Nov 2020 22,794 posts	0 Nicholls595 I've got an opportunity to get a copy of this book personalised. Can't decide to get it as a Christmas present for mini Nico or Mrs Nico?