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My perception is that the board has been in a steady downward spiral since before I even joined. Breakaway boards might have accelerated the process somewhat, but it was already happening. If I had to put my finger on one reason, I'd probably go for a lack of direction and push from the...

I've mentioned a number of times before (in this thread and elsewhere) that My Dog Stupid is IMO his best story. Try getting hold of the Dago Red collection of shorts, which have been reprinted with some others as The Wine of Youth. A number of those stories may match up to what you are looking...

btw, there is afilm of the book from about 1971. Not seen it though...

I don't wish to suggest your jokes are predictable, but there are as-of-yet undiscovered tribes in the heart of the Peruvian jungle, who knew you were going to say that.

Wouldn't it be easier just to squat at the local library? You'll never get round to reading all those books either... Regards, Mr Pot

Norway. It blocks the view of Sweden.

Haunts of the Black Masseur (The Swimmer as Hero) by Charles Sprawson. And from now on it's six read before I buy one...

So what makes Goodreads better than the other two then?

January: 01 - Summer in Baden-Baden - Leonid Tsypkin - ***** 02 - Moscow 2042 - Vladimir Voinovich - ***** 03 - The Engineer of Human Souls - Josef Skvorecky - ***** 04 - Calling the Shots: My time as England Captain - Michael Vaughan - ***** 05 - Spun Out: The Shane Warne Story - Paul...

Noted. I loved Herman by the same author. Foyles has some signed copies of The Model by him in stock. This has been on my amazon wish list for a while. You know my opinion of First Circle, loved it so much I'm gunna re-read it next year. I got a second-hand copy of Cancer Ward a few weeks...

I quite enjoy reading the novels of favourite films. The written versions of True Grit (Charles Portis) and The Hustler (Walter Tevis) were both excellent.

I've already read Planet of the Apes by Boulle which differed from the film version. I'm interested in seeing if there are any differences with this story.

Dawn of the Dumb (Dispatches from the idiotic frontline) - Charlie Brooker The Railway - Hamid Ismailov Out Stealing Horses - Per Petterson The Box Man - Kobo Abe The Bridge on the River Kwai - Pierre Boulle The Wine-Dark Sea - Leonardo Sciascia I now appear to be stalking other people's...

Very little is translated into English. The ones you've mentioned, plus a few others including 'Closey Observed Trains' which was made into a film, as have a number of others: IMDB entry for Hrabal In-house Weddings is the first part of Hrabal's autobiography, which he wrote from the...

In-House Weddings - Bohumil Hrabal

I don't know much about bluegrass, except a friend of mine likes it and plays us bits when we have a meal round his house. John Fahey's music gets called bluegrass. But then it gets called blues, country, jazz, all sorts. To me it's just a soundtrack to relax too. This is my favourite...

Sunflower – Gyula Krudy Incidences – Daniil Kharms (As recommended by a slightly deranged Russian art student) The Year of the Hare – Arto Paasilinna How Bluegrass music destroyed my life – John Fahey (Fav musician of mine. Can he write?) Journey by Moonlight – Antal Szerb The Black...

I hate typos...

The Old Capital - Yasunari Kawaba (review) Malvinas Requiem - Rodolfo Fogwill (review) Wonderful Fool - Shusaku Endo (review) Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files V7 - John Wagner/Alan Grant Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files V8 - John Wagner/Alan Grant Satan in Goray - Isaac Bashevis Singer

gustavo: Thanks for that post. Some interesting thoughts. I myself read Kafka, in entirety, about ten years ago. I recently got sent 'The Trial' to review for the Penguin Classics Blog: http://www.blogapenguinclassic.co.uk/site/pcMain.php5 So a re-read and review are heading my way soon...