Finished this today on the bus. Some of it is a bit clumsy but overall an execellent crime/detective book. Set in Paris. This one is the first in a series with Adamsberg as the detective.
I have read another of these called Have mercy on us all, I'll probably try and read them all now - in the order they were written (what ever that may be)
The Chalk Circle Man, Fred Vagras
Finished High Rise on the bus this morning. Totally enjoyed it. Later books on the same theme weren't quite so enjoyable(Super Cannes, Cocaine Nights). This still have the feel of the earlier books (Drowned World and Drought) I think for the next Ballard book I'll go for The Atrocity Exhibition.
As it's pay-day I bought these two from Waterstones in Douglas
Metaphysical Poets ed: Helen Gardner, another Penguin poetry collection.
I also got: The Chalk Circle Man by Fred Vagras. I have read one of her books before and this is the first for that detective.
Finished today. It got worse as it went on.
Pulp: A Novel , Charles Bukowski
From my comments to Post Office
I also take that back about Pulp as it drags on you realise it is actually quite shit. There are no real ideas in there just a lot of gimmicks.
It is dedicated to bad writing and it is bad writing. However, if I want bad writing I can read a newspaper.
Finsihed this last night. Found it last week after having lost it when we moved house.
A good and easy read espcially if you like the Paris/Ex-Pat/Writing of the 1920's
I've started a lot but not finished. On the bus I've been listening to History of Rome Podcasts and Coffee Break French. In the lunch hour I have been writing. I more or less write 500 words and then in the evening type 500 words. It's a little slower than I'd like but I'm on 42,000 and aiming for 65,000 by July - hopefully including a rewrite (because first drafts are shite)
I have bought a lot of books though: Pulp; Charles Bukowski, High Rise; J. G. Ballard, Upside Down; Eduardo Galeano.
I am reading all but High Rise along with a History of France.
