If you’re enjoying that, try ‘Leaves For The Burning’, by Mervyn Wall.The Third Policeman - Flann O’ Brien.
I agree with all those recommendations. I’m currently reading Who Knocks?, a ghost story anthology edited by August Derleth, published back in ‘46.
Mick
The paperback from ‘64 only has twelve of the twenty tales in the original hardback, although it’s hugely cheaper! UK paperback publishers in the ‘fifties, ‘sixties and ‘seventies often reprinted earlier US hardbacks across two paperbacks. I don’t know if that was the case for ‘Who Knocks?’ though…I'd not heard of that one, just bought a copy. Thanks!
The paperback from ‘64 only has twelve of the twenty tales in the original hardback, although it’s hugely cheaper! UK paperback publishers in the ‘fifties, ‘sixties and ‘seventies often reprinted earlier US hardbacks across two paperbacks. I don’t know if that was the case for ‘Who Knocks?’ though…
There’s some great artwork at the start of each story, but if you’re reading the tales for the first time, don’t look too closely at the art before you’ve read the associated tale as it gives endings away!Yeah I bought the hardback, thirteen quid! Which is a lot for a book but I do love ghost stories. It has twenty stories in it, I believe. I remember going to jumble sales and coming out with armfuls of books for ten p. Looking forward to reading this one anyway!
I've not started reading yet as I only just bought it, but it's going to be the next book I read for sure: I wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke, the long-awaited autobiography. It's currently £0.99 here on Kindle
Slow Horses by Mick Herron
I quite enjoyed it but at my age I had to concentrate pretty hard as he jumps around from scene to scene without any warning!!!
I have already purchased book 2 in the series.
Why vote Leave? Daniel Hannan. I voted to remain. But this book by a sane Brexiteer is interesting if your curious about the workings of the EU. Still relevant because it’s insights give a context to how the EU is behaving post- brexit.
note to self .... must dig out The Third Policeman for another read!
Just read Slow Horses over the weekend and have ordered the next sequential pair.
As Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott-Thomas and Jonathan Pryce have signed up for the small screen adaptation thought I’d get ahead of the curve.
He's an old friend of mine, since 25 years, and he's definitely not sane, or reliable on matters of Euro-fact. He's very clever, funny, charming, writes well of course, but mad as a box of frogs.
Absolutely!I will watch that when it is shown but how can they have cast anyone but Roger Allam as Jackson Lamb?
Oh dear! I’d better burn it rather than return to the library then