Book Club..

[Spartan117]

Classics for me.

A tale of two cities....

And the 7x Narnia books

 

[the_third]

Immortality. Milan Kundera

Fiest started me reading. This got me thinking

 

[ATown]

Wilbur Smith is my go to. Highly recommend

Was it Wilbur Smith that wrote 'The Carpetbaggers' ?@InMadgeWeTrust

No just had a quick look and it was written by Harold Robbins.

 

[BZN]

Wilbur Smith is my go to. Highly recommend

Was it Wilbur Smith that wrote 'The Carpetbaggers' ?@InMadgeWeTrust

No just had a quick look and it was written by Harold Robbins.

Thanks :+1: IMWT : I read the book about 40 years ago and it was a great story. Got my authors mixed up. I could have looked it up myself as you did.
I must have been feeling lazy at the time :-1: .

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

my favourite ones are:
Michal Connely - Bosh, LAPD detective stories
Lee Childs - Jack Reacher action novels, ex-military police
David Baldacci - action novels
Scott Pratt - lawyers/courtroom crime stories
Chris Ryan - military/secret ops actions

 

[pawsandclaws1]

With Peter Fitzsimmons book on Breaker Morant, I would like to highlight a book that still available from ebay titled 'Scapegoats of the Empire'. The author is George Witton who together with Morant and Hancock was court martialled by the Brits during the Boer War. Witton spent three years ina UK gaol after being sentenced to life in prison. Original copies of the book first published just after the turn of the centurt still come up for sale.

During the first World War, I believe it was our PM Fisher who said Australia will fight to the lasr man and shilling for the Mother country. On learning of this, Witton is reported to have said, I'll be that last man because I will not fight for those .......'

As you can appreciare, Witton was embittered by his experience. I believe the view being Kitchener a d Co needed irregular warfare to defeat the Boer.

I have attached this scene from Breaker Morant. In view of what is happening with the SAS, very powerful words.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjP9zmYwEB8

 

[Russell]

Wilbur Smith is my go to. Highly recommend

Was it Wilbur Smith that wrote 'The Carpetbaggers' ?@InMadgeWeTrust

No, It was Harold Robbins.

 

[Russell]

Wilbur Smith is my go to. Highly recommend

Was it Wilbur Smith that wrote 'The Carpetbaggers' ?@InMadgeWeTrust

No just had a quick look and it was written by Harold Robbins.

Thanks :+1: IMWT : I read the book about 40 years ago and it was a great story. Got my authors mixed up. I could have looked it up myself as you did.
I must have been feeling lazy at the time :-1: .

If you liked the Carpetbaggers - try the Dream Merchants by the same author Maggie.

 

[Russell]

Classics for me.

A tale of two cities....

And the 7x Narnia books

Love "A Tale of two Cities" - what a writer!

Think he is my favorite of all time.

 

[sleeve]

If you like Murder mysteries and and Thrillers try these authors,= Stuart Macbride,Peter Robinson,Quinton Jardine, Ian Rankin,Archer Mayer,Chris Pavone and our own Gary Disher.They make James Pattison,Deaver etc look ordinary.

 

[sleeve]

Wilber Smith had a best seller with RUN FOR THE TREES ,a great author of many books set in Africa.

 

[diedpretty]

A couple of books that i often go back and re read are David Ireland's classics The Glass Canoe and The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. Just takes me back to the 70s and living in the western suburbs of Sydney.

 

[Russell]

Really into Historical Fiction and can recommend for those interested:

Signora Da Vinci - Robin Maxwell (one of the best books I have ever read)

Quite a few by Marina Fiorato
The Glassblower of Murano
The Madonna of the Almonds
Daughter of Siena
The Venetian Contract
The Botticelli Secret

Jeanne Kalogridis
The Borgia Bride
Painting Mona Lisa

For those that attempt - happy reading over the break.

 

[Masterton]

A couple of books that i often go back and re read are David Ireland's classics The Glass Canoe and The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. Just takes me back to the 70s and living in the western suburbs of Sydney.

Wow. I didn't think I'd a fan of the Glass Canoe on here. Great book.

 

[diedpretty]

A couple of books that i often go back and re read are David Ireland's classics The Glass Canoe and The Unknown Industrial Prisoner. Just takes me back to the 70s and living in the western suburbs of Sydney.

Wow. I didn't think I'd a fan of the Glass Canoe on here. Great book.

Its a classic - i can relate to the tribal pub scene of the 70's - tiled floors in public bars and carpets in the ladies lounge - lol. Its an era that we will never see again. There was a real camaraderie amongst those who frequented these places and they always welcomed those who respected their territory but if you put a foot out of line you knew what was coming. I worked in the city in the 70s and can remember going to the early openers before work after a big night out. I didn't do it often but you could pick the regulars. It was a different time and that book captured it in all its infamous glory.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is a book I longed to read but only recently received a copy from the US. I was a bit sceptical it could be covered in covid!

The book is "The Ghosts Of The Green Grass" by Bud Alley.

Alley was the comms Lt in the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment.

The book is a personal account of the battle in the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in Nov 65 at. Landing Zone Albany. Survivors often describe it as a shoot out in the grass. 151 US soldiers died and over 180 wounded out of 400 in the battalion.

Many North Vietnamese Regular army soldiers also died.

This is a well writtn book and the personal account of the fighting is extremely interesting.

 

[TillLindemann]

Anybody an Albert Camus fan? I would recommend any of his books.

 

[mike]

Andy Weir (The Martian) latest book: Project Hail Mary.

 

[Mac]

Thanks for bumping this Mike - I didn't know the thread existed.

*Power of the Dog* and *Frankie Machine* both fantastic reads from an American author named Don Winslow.

 

[mike]

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