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Basically he was being a pain-in-the-arse for the Communist rulers in Czechoslavakia. I was looking for a book on Medieval European History but got lost and ended up finding this.

Letters to Olga: June 1979 - September 1982 by Vaclav Havel

This is why I never wear a "Tweed Hat". Well, one of the reasons anyway.

So, a person’s ability to legally commit crime would be limited by the width of their forehead? That would make Jude Law an increasingly dangerous man.

Scum of the Earth - Arthur Koestler Cancer Ward - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

It's very hit and miss. Mostly miss. This sums up a lot of the industry feelings about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Family_Guy

Sensible responses to this thread only, please.

Hasn’t Heather McCartney suffered enough?

Totally with you on that. Although with the proviso, that should you be killed whilst not wearing a seatbelt, it’s your next-of-kin that have to scoop the pieces into a plastic container rather than the emergency services…

Has the concept behind the ducking stool been totally discredited? Because I kinda like the drama.

If I remember correctly you liked Silence by Shusaku Endo. If so, I suspect you will like Wonderful Fool by the same author.

Three Comrades - Erich Maria Remarque

Yes, and will do.

Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson Ordered from local Waterstones on Monday. Saw several copies on the shelves of Foyles on Thursday. Collected from Waterstones on Friday. Note: We were not 'making love by Wednesday'.

That particular store seems to have two collections in stock. The Penguin Classics edition translated by D.M.Thomas, which I also own. And another credited to Judith Hemschemeyer & Roberta Reeder, the translating and editing team behind the book I’ve just bought. If it helps in any way, here...

The Abyss and Other Stories - Leonid Andreyev Malvinas Requiem - Rodolfo Fogwill The Complete Fictions - Bruno Schulz The Complete Poems - Anna Akhmatova (Already in love with this book)

The newest in the range that I have, is 'The Inimitable Jeeves’, which was published in spring this year. At that point they had 52 in total. Given they seem to be putting out four new titles each quarter, they must be up to 60 by now. I think Wodehouse wrote about 90 books all told, so at...

Bit of a strange mix this month. Reliving my childhood with some old Brit-Com Collections: Strontium Dog: Agency Files: V1 - Alan Grant/John Wagner Strontium Dog: Agency Files: V2 - Alan Grant/John Wagner Strontium Dog: Agency Files: V3 - Alan Grant/John Wagner Judge Dredd: The Complete...

Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide to World Fiction

To Urania: Selected Poems 1965-1985 - Joseph Brodsky