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Columba
Columba
Feb 2020
1:11pm, 22 Feb 2020
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Columba
Milkman is wonderful. I am recommending it to everyone, though more particularly to those old enough to remember the period it's set in.
GregP
GregP
Feb 2020
11:08am, 26 Feb 2020
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GregP
Bit random, but has anyone read "Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President" by Robert Dallek?
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
11:56am, 26 Feb 2020
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LindsD
Er. No.
The Scribbler
The Scribbler
Feb 2020
12:01pm, 26 Feb 2020
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The Scribbler
Milkman is a book I find myself still thinking about long after I read it. Not much seems to happen but the voice of the girl and all the things that are unsaid layer up and up to create such an atmosphere of underlying tension.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2020
12:19pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Diogenes
I've seen a portrait of a dalek, if that helps?
Peregrinator
Peregrinator
Feb 2020
1:13pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Peregrinator
GP: As in "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids d' you exterminate today?". I read Storm Front, which was interesting, and significantly better than The Search - Geoff Dyer , which some else pulled out of the bran tub for me at Christmas (which they gave 6/10 - generously I think). But parallels between the stories, and both with elements of pulp noir.
GregP
GregP
Feb 2020
1:18pm, 26 Feb 2020
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GregP
Pulp noir is a nice phrase.

I think blaming Vietnam on LBJ is deeply unfair. Only recency bias I think gets him relegated to second in my 'most admired US presidents' list (behind Obama).
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Feb 2020
1:35pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Little Nemo
I'm persevering with Milkman as it's a good book but I am struggling with the way it's written. It's quite claustrophobic and I can only read so much at one time.

I'm going to have to read something lighter to break it up.
GregP
GregP
Feb 2020
1:37pm, 26 Feb 2020
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GregP
Lighter, you say? en.wikipedia.org
Little Nemo
Little Nemo
Feb 2020
1:38pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Little Nemo
:-p

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