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I have returned to be among my two favourite things: books & their readers.

I agree with Zolipara regarding the re-use of themes and symbols in Murakami's works. However, there is usually a fresh context which carrys you along. I found his short stories to be very accessible and original - try out The Elephant Vanishes. I love Murakami for the insight he provides into...

Blackthorne was suddenly awake. -- Shogun, James Clavelle. PS Good to be back...

Been a cracking good past month for films: - Pelle The Conqueror (Max von Sydow excelling) - 7.5/10 - Lift to the Scaffold (Louis Malle with Jeanne Moreau in her first lead role)- 8/10 - The Lives of Others (impeccable characterisation) - 8.5/10 - Kiss Me Deadly (original & best noir -...

Natalie, you are most welcome. You talk pretty ok now! Bart.

Thomas, I'll promise not to watch the movie if you promise to read the book. Deal?

What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong YouTube - What a wonderful world

Just today I discovered that the brief but wonderful Silk by Alessandro Barricco has been made into a movie, this when I spotted it in the local zavvi (formerly Virgin) on DVD. I don't recall it being released in cinemas on the Emerald Sod, so I can only assume it went straight to DVD. Keira...

Originally Posted by joderu95 "By the time I had finished my two drinks at the bar, the tourist crowd that had packed the Lufthansa Flight 16 into Kennedy International Airport had left the baggage area." :( After a period of appropriate duration had elapsed, Holmes provided Dr. Watson...

Spot on. Have to make it more difficult when next time.

You're going to be great for this site steelclaw No.32. Bart. PS steelclaw No. 15 is still annoyed with you!

So get writing and we'll help you out with that!! Welcome to the site. Looking forward. Bart.

The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin - book of the cracking TV comedy series The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire - Gibbons - non-fiction.

I'm sure this has been done before here. How about a little literary distraction whereby I post the opening line(s) to a novel. Whoever gets in to post the correct answer first then posts a new opening line. And so on... Are you all game? Here goes: "The gravel pit was about a mile east of...

Three stand out from the wide spread of english classics and history: House Made of Dawn: N. Scott Momoday - wonderfully lyrical yet haunting commentary on American Indian life. Alias Grace: Atwood - one of my best reads of last couple years - I love the crossover between fact & fiction...

touché sparkchaser.

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Wolf Blass President's Select Shiraz; Moosehead lager; Bushmills Black Bush whiskey... in that order (of drinking, not preference) oh, oh, oh, and a packet of crisps.

Stewart, You hit the spot, my man: "Radio, live transmission..." Joy Division my best British band. A band whose music helped mould a cultural revolution across the North of England in the late 70s. Ironic that they were planning a US tour shortly before their short career was ended...

Try For Kings and Planets by Ethan Canin; tale of friendship developed by university students at NY Columbia. Bart.