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Laugh? I had to look up phrasal verbs to be sure I knew what they are.:o Talking It Over by Julian Barnes Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge (if a play counts as a "book") Would song or film titles be helpful to you? If so, you might start a General Chat thread asking for those; it seems...

:) Good point. :( Bad Scooter.

Damn, I want to post a link to a piece about this in The New Yorker (Nov. 7):eek: , but I think I should figure out first how to rate this thread unsuitable for younger readers. Is that something you can only do when you start a new thread?

Well, it's understood that it would be cooked. At least I hope it's understood.

Oh, don't worry your pretty little helmet.:)

Perhaps history has something to do with it: boys don't hear about earlier generations of boys being told not to worry their pretty little heads. Being pissed-off with the (recent) status quo is a powerful incentive to open a book of fiction, right?

Now, now. Americans from big cities can be ignorant, too.;)

Hey, I just came across a site recommending fiction about con men and scam artists— http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv168.html —and I thought of you.:)

:eek: :eek: :( Kanga?! Roo?! And I suppose you'd eat Piglet, too! Keep this thread out of the Children's Book's Forum! Well, I won't be the one to bring Pooh into this discussion, I can tell you that.:rolleyes:

I love Ghostwritten, too. Whenever I see a copy on a library or bookstore shelf, I "recommend" it by pulling it so it sticks out a little—and it worked at least once: disappeared while my back was turned. I haven't read his new one yet. I'm afraid I gave up on Number Nine Dream pretty early in...

Sorry, this isn't at all helpful, but I can't resist. (It sure ain't classical.) :o Please don't hate me. For what it's worth, there does seem to be a lot of fiction based on the Titanic and other shipwrecks.

Wow, 19 posts already! Maybe you should be welcoming me. ;)

Robert Barnard, Agatha Christie, Caroline Graham, Reginald Hill… I find Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe series intermittently addicting—maybe because he has so many "Omnibuses":confused: surely not Omnibi:p Oh, and I ADORE John Mortimer's Rumpole series.

At the risk of stating the obvious: The Grifters? This isn't technically a recommendation in that I haven't actually read it. But it became a good movie.:)

Thanks! Now that I've got my act together I can underline and italicize to my heart's content. I have yet to be bold, though… ;)

Seconded! And that makes me want to mention how much I love Terence Blacker's Kill Your Darlings, his fabulously nasty response to MA's The Information. But back to the topic of books and thrift: I think my signature says it all. :p

Hey, I resemble that remark!:D

Titles aren't copyrighted, so… The Joy Luck Club Pride and Prejudice (or Sense and Sensibility) (or Persuasion) Notes from Underground Far from the Madding Crowd Great Expectations Treasure Island Definitely not a "for Dummies"/"Idiot's Guide to" and it certainly isn't one of the...

If you think you'd like a funny romantic adventure series, Elizabeth Peters' "Amelia Peabody" series is very entertaining. They're billed as mysteries, but they're mystery-comedy-historical-adventure-romances all rolled into one delightful package. Or you might prefer the books she publishes...

All the President's Men by Woodward and Bernstein