This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Not life changing but...I would recommend to everyone Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov. Made me question everything I thought lirerature should be.
The fantastic thing about going down the literary route at uni was the amount of great books I would never have read otherwise.
Just a few:
Money - Martin Amis
Nights at the Circus and The Bloody Chamber - Angela Carter
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case - Agatha Christie (don't laugh, it's fantastic)
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 16 May 2008, 14:45,
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The PoliceI haven't read it, but I'm curious. Is there an old man who shakes and coughs when near attractive young ladies in it?
I just recognised the author from his reference in one of Gordon Sumner's finer ditties.
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@GreencloudThe book in question is "Lolita".
I second the recommendation of "Money". I'd go so far as to say it's the only thing Amis junior has done that's any good.
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I_Was_Mordred, Fri 16 May 2008, 15:14,
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...Pale Fire is... odd. Radio 3 did a fabulous adaptation a couple of years ago. No idea how they got it to work, but they did.
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, though, left me cold. Maybe it was a cold night... (Actually, it was. I was reading it in Granada the day before the Iraq war started. It was pissing it down and freezing.)
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 16 May 2008, 15:21,
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@ MordredI would recommend London Fields too.
I hear Cronenberg may be attached to directing the film - could be interesting.
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Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Fri 16 May 2008, 15:22,
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I love "If on a Winters' Night etc...."Especially the early bits I think. The opening is great for book lovers. Calvino is basically a brilliant short story writer, who uses a string of short stories to make a novel. I love the Marcovaldo stories too.
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@ BossAgreed about London Fields and Money...
Keith Talent is one of the funniest and most despicable characters created.
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Moey, Fri 16 May 2008, 16:23,
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