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We love books. Tell us about your favourite books and authors, and why they are so good. And while you're at it - having dined out for years on the time I threw Dan Brown out of a train window - tell us who to avoid.

(, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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The Best Book In The World Evah....
... is "Brewer's Rogues, Villains and Eccentrics" by William Donaldson. The index alone is funnier than just about anything I have ever read. For example:

bomb, blowing up one's father with a. See BROWN, ERIC
bomb, suspecting one's guest's suitcase contains a. See SINCLAIR, DONALD
bomb down a pensioner's chimney pot, threatening to throw a. See FORSTER, JAMES
bomb inadvertently detonated by pet Rottweiller. See ARISTEDES, SUSAN MARY

and so on and so gloriously on. Truly a wonderful book.
(, Wed 11 Jan 2012, 10:36, Reply)

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