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McGoohan
McGoohan
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1:41pm, 26 Feb 2020
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McGoohan
*Officially worried about the next Deathmatch now*
GregP
GregP
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1:45pm, 26 Feb 2020
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GregP
Ulysses S. Grant would probably come third. Does that help?
McGoohan
McGoohan
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McGoohan
There are going to be *so many* shrews and crap US towns. So very many.
LazyDaisy
LazyDaisy
Feb 2020
3:17pm, 26 Feb 2020
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I finally finished the R F Delderfield, To Serve Them All My Days. (Well, it is nearly 700 pages and I only read at bedtime). It's well written and insightful (his travails with an appalling Head rang many bells) and had a lot of relevance to the present day. One bit that made me give a sad smile was one of the sixth-formers saying how much better it was, in the early years of the Second World War, to be standing alone as 'Allies muddy the waters and it's best for our nation to stand alone' (I paraphrase.) Do you think Boris read this at an impressionable age when he was holed up on Exmoor?

Anyway, I'd give it a good 4.5/5. He's just out of fashion, I suppose.
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2020
3:21pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Diogenes
I totally agree, LD, he is a much-neglected novelist.
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
3:27pm, 26 Feb 2020
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LindsD
Maybe I'll try him again.

I've just started an Anne Tyler my mother gave me. I like it, but can't remember the name. I will review SH when I'm not at work and not on my phone :)
Diogenes
Diogenes
Feb 2020
3:39pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Diogenes
A Spool of Blue Thread?
LindsD
LindsD
Feb 2020
4:30pm, 26 Feb 2020
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LindsD
Nope. Hold on, I'll make more effort
LindsD
LindsD
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4:32pm, 26 Feb 2020
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LindsD
Ladder of Years
Diogenes
Diogenes
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4:40pm, 26 Feb 2020
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Diogenes
Ah, ASOBT is one of those books that I always look at but never get.

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Unofficial books, underground discussion, MASSIVE SPOILERS.

Some of the most discussed books include:

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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
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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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