BooksWe 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.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 5 Jan 2012, 13:40)
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A few faves....Whenever I travel overseas, I always take something by PJ O'Rourke. Because if I am ever stuck anywhere for a good length of time, I have a humorous and thought-provoking companion to keep me company.
Gaiman and Pratchett's "Good Omens" is a book I read at least once a year. Absolutely love it.
Kinky Friedman's detective novels are wonderfully off-beat, and great summer reading.
Spike Milligan is a true genius and I am happy to re-read his 6-part war memoirs, or novels "Puckoon" and "The Looney" over and over.
Geoffrey Regan's series of historical "Blunders" books are quite cynical and sad, and somehow you can just tell that he doesn't like Churchill....
Finally, I'm fascinated by counterfactual history and have collected Robert Cowley's excellent "What If?" series; essays by leading historians, asked to choose a significant event in their area of study and describe the possible outcomes as if the result had been different to what had historically transpired.
A brutal example of cause and effect, and at times, mindblowing.
(, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 8:23, 1 reply)
Good OmensI love this book as well and I re-read it once or twice a year. I wore out my old copy and had to buy a new one. The great thing about re-reading it is that you know what Agnes's prophesies mean in advance.
(, Fri 6 Jan 2012, 12:30, closed)
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