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  1. Kenny Shovel

    Adam Mickiewicz: Pan Tadeusz

    You nip out for three years, expecting to find your Pan Tadeusz thread has created a hub of intellectual discourse by the time you return; but zip, nowt, not a sausage. Some people...
  2. Kenny Shovel

    Fake reviewers on the attack on Amazon

    I never denied I was a monster, Peder. Never once. K_S
  3. Kenny Shovel

    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

    I'm a bit late, but this is very true. Many Russian intellectuals had a love/hate attitude towards him, as he was sucked in by the nationalism that grew out of the breakup of the Soviet Blok. Vladimir Voinovich, an important Russian satirist, was quite critical, and parodied what he...
  4. Kenny Shovel

    La Vie En Rose

    As might be guessed from its title, La Vie en Rose is a biopic about the legendary chanteuse, and all round French national treasure, Edith Piaf. At the heart of the film is a remarkably accurate physical and emotional recreation of Piaf by Marion Cotillard; an Oscar wining portrayal, which...
  5. Kenny Shovel

    John Arlott: Fred, Portrait of a Fast Bowler

    You need a good knowledge of the game and the man to really understand this book. It's out of print anyway. I've not read it myself, but perhaps something like Netherland by Joseph O'Neill would be better - thats set in New York.
  6. Kenny Shovel

    Kevin Pietersen: Crossing the Boundary

    Published as part of the slew of post 2005 Ashes cash-in literature, Crossing the Boundary is a curious mixture: part ghosted autobiography, part exercise in brand building, part self-justification, and part chance to settle old scores. Clearly the Kevin Pietersen of 2006 - when this book...
  7. Kenny Shovel

    John Arlott: Fred, Portrait of a Fast Bowler

    How to understand the man behind the public image? If you take your cue from a modern-day sports publishing house, you’d be forgiven for thinking that a forensic approach to your subject’s private life was the most revealing route. Tip over his bins to find the man within, if you like. A...
  8. Kenny Shovel

    Help Wanted for an Olympic Challenge

    Well done abecedarian.
  9. Kenny Shovel

    May 2008 - Book Group Suggestions

    Do they sell Curly Wurly's in America?
  10. Kenny Shovel

    Indian movies: an observation

    If I were a more patient, humane soul, like abcedarian, I might take time out from my day to explain that just because someone doesn’t trawl back through a thread so they can name check every previously mentioned point of information used by their post, it doesn’t mean they’re handing out a full...
  11. Kenny Shovel

    Indian movies: an observation

    Waveguide: You really need an Indian to give you an answer to this question. And it is a serious question, that deserves more thought than has been given to it so far in this thread. You are correct that there is a preference for 'light-skinned' actors & actresses in Bollywood. With the use...
  12. Kenny Shovel

    May 2008 - Book Group Suggestions

    Voinovich has published a number of books since the end of the Soviet era, which would make him both, I would think.
  13. Kenny Shovel

    Boris & Arkady Strugatsky 'Roadside Picnic'

    I'd have to agree that Roadside Pinic is a fantastic peice of work, as you say, crammed full of ideas. I came to it via the filmed version Stalker by Andrei Tarkovski. I must try and find some more of their books...
  14. Kenny Shovel

    Man Booker International 2009

    There is a review of The Assault by Harry Mulitch here: http://feedingthepigeons.wordpress.com/2007/11/01/harry-mulisch-the-assault/ Regards, K_S
  15. Kenny Shovel

    May 2008 - Book Group Suggestions

    Having read both of these I would suggest they'll make for a good discussion. Although set in 19th century Russia, Fathers and Sons covers universal and timeless ideas. It also seems to split people into love and hate camps. A Farewell to Arms is one of Hemmingways best efforts (that I've...
  16. Kenny Shovel

    May 2008 - Book Group Suggestions

    There are quite a few, but most depend on knowledge of the 'circumstances of their time' to fully appreciate them. You could try Vladimir Voinovich as an example, he’s not very fond of Solzhenitsyn either. 'The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin' being his most famous...
  17. Kenny Shovel

    Things to see in Britain?

    If you like York, it can be a good base to explore the Dales. As a tyke-in-exile I may be biased, but I personally think the Yorkshire Dales are breathtakingly beautiful. A popular place to vist, and rightly so, is Malham: http://www.malhamdale.org.uk/index.htm
  18. Kenny Shovel

    Happy St. Patrick's Day????

    I don't know how to break this gently to you, but neither were most of the Pogues.
  19. Kenny Shovel

    Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are

    Does the photography book not have a chapter on how to focus a camera?
  20. Kenny Shovel

    What gives?

    Peder!
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