'Happy Odyssey' - Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart V.C., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
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Richard Tarleton
Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post'Happy Odyssey' - Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart V.C., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post'Happy Odyssey' - Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart V.C., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
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Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post'Happy Odyssey' - Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart V.C., K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostI just came across a reference to him in Max Hastings's "All Hell Let Loose", his history of WW2, where he is mentioned in the chapter about the Norway campaign. What an extraordinary life story. Allegedly the model for Evelyn Waugh's Ritchie-Hook.
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Currently re-reading Single & Single by John le Carre. I say re-reading but I have little memory of reading this first time round though in fairness it was 19 years ago.
My next le Carre re-read will be The Constant Gardener, one I didn't get on with too well first time so it will be interesting to see how I feel when I get round to it for the second time."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Joseph K View PostNot the Right Honourable Sir Hercules Hannibal Habeas Corpus Anderson K. G., K. P., K. T., P. C., K. C. B.,M. P., J. P., M. B., D. S. O., S. O. D., M. F. H., M. R. I. A., B. L., Mus. Doc., P. L. G., F. T. C. D., F. R. U. I., F. R. C. P. I., F. R. C. S. I.?
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostCurrently re-reading Single & Single by John le Carre. I say re-reading but I have little memory of reading this first time round though in fairness it was 19 years ago.
My next le Carre re-read will be The Constant Gardener, one I didn't get on with too well first time so it will be interesting to see how I feel when I get round to it for the second time.
Sounds as if you're re-reading them in chronological order, Pet
"One place where The Constant Gardener did not sell well was Kenya itself. The depiction of a nation riddled with corrupt policemen, officials and politicians was not appreciated by the authorities, who banned the book from sale; it became a joke in Nairobi that, to avoid trouble with the authorities, bookshops stocked it in the gerdening section." [Sisman]
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Originally posted by Richard Tarleton View PostSingle and Single another version of "a son's anguished relations with his father" [Adam Sisman] previously explored in A Perfect Spy....
Sounds as if you're re-reading them in chronological order, Pet
"One place where The Constant Gardener did not sell well was Kenya itself. The depiction of a nation riddled with corrupt policemen, officials and politicians was not appreciated by the authorities, who banned the book from sale; it became a joke in Nairobi that, to avoid trouble with the authorities, bookshops stocked it in the gerdening section." [Sisman]"The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by Petrushka View PostMy next le Carre re-read will be The Constant Gardener, one I didn't get on with too well first time so it will be interesting to see how I feel when I get round to it for the second time.
I gave up on Tinker, Tailor a few months ago,... too much convoluted plot for me, with under-developed characters. I made it through Spy who came in from the cold and a A small town in Germany, a few years ago, but again there was too much spy-toshery for me to rate them A+. Try Waugh, he's much funnier, his characters have three dimensions, and the tricky/tedious goings on take a few pages rather than hundreds.
Then again, sometimes an urge for spy-toshery comes upon me, and I have Smiley's people sitting on a shelf staring at me willing me to give le Carré one more chance.
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Originally posted by Mal View PostWill that work? Why do you think it'll be any better the second time?
I gave up on Tinker, Tailor a few months ago,... too much convoluted plot for me, with under-developed characters. I made it through Spy who came in from the cold and a A small town in Germany, a few years ago, but again there was too much spy-toshery for me to rate them A+. Try Waugh, he's much funnier, his characters have three dimensions, and the tricky/tedious goings on take a few pages rather than hundreds.
Then again, sometimes an urge for spy-toshery comes upon me, and I have Smiley's people sitting on a shelf staring at me willing me to give le Carré one more chance.
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Originally posted by muzzer View PostI have just finished The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon, an exemplary biography which I cannot recommend highly enough to anyone with an interest in this phenomenal writer.
Gordon spent five years writing his acclaimed biography of Carter and joined us to answer your questions about Carter’s thoughts on feminism, ‘modern’ fairytales and which authors she thought were bores...
Not liking Coetzee is a black mark against her, though. I rate his work highly. She likes Rushdie - I gave up on Midnight's Children. So maybe she's not for me, maybe a bit too experimental & Magic Realist. But my local library has several of her works, so I'll give her a try, maybe(!) Any you'd recommend for those who like straightforward novels?
Guardianista: "I have seen it written that Nights at the Circus was Angela Carter’s attempt at a Booker. I was wondering, why do you think she never made it onto a short list for the prize, and was she upset at being overlooked?"
Edmund_Gordon: "Yes, she was furious about being overlooked by the Booker! I think there were various reasons that she was overlooked - the most important one being the conservatism of some of the judges. (Richard Cobb, John Fuller and Ted Rowlands did for Nights at the Circus when it was nominated - the other judges, Anthony Curtis and Polly Devlin, had put it on their personal shortlists...)"
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Originally posted by Joseph K View PostNot the Right Honourable Sir Hercules Hannibal Habeas Corpus Anderson K. G., K. P., K. T., P. C., K. C. B.,M. P., J. P., M. B., D. S. O., S. O. D., M. F. H., M. R. I. A., B. L., Mus. Doc., P. L. G., F. T. C. D., F. R. U. I., F. R. C. P. I., F. R. C. S. I.?Last edited by Stanfordian; 18-06-18, 10:13.
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