BOOKS IN A BAG
Early this morning ,we were woken to a banging at the door ,my darling wife went downstairs and was greeted by the postie saying take this its heavy ,i ask the wife what it was when she came back upstairs she said oh more books again .I wondered what books it could be as wasn’t expecting any ,then saw Faber on label and remembered i won a comp on twitter a few weeks ago ,as those of you who know me i am on twitter all day every day nearly lol . So i quickly opened the parcel and discovered tho complete collection of the Faber firsts that came out last year to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Faber and Faber .this great collection of Faber’s shows Faber’s wide range of books –
William Golding – Lord of the flies – I read this when young ,but have been wanting to go back to it at some point after hearing about John Carey’s new bio of Golding ,i want to see if the book has change in the twenty years since i read it .
P D James – Cover her face – Not read any James ,I have enjoyed the tv versions of her work over the years .
John McGahern – The barracks – This is a new name to me I ve read the blurb on the back of the book and its set in Ireland ,and sounds quite good .
Sylvia Plath – The bell jar – This is one i read as a teenager as well and had mislaid my copy over the years so is a welcome edition to my bookshelves
Peter Carey – Bliss – I feel bad I ve not read this as a huge fan of Carey’s work I feel iI should have read his debut ,so this is going near top of tbr ,expect a review soon
Kazuo Ishiguro – A pale view of the hills – i had this on tbr pile after reading nocturnes last year i decide to read some more of his books again ,
Paul Auster – new york Trilogy – i read this last year from library the same edition and like the cover design so will be please to have it on my shelf as i really enjoyed it as i have with many of Auster’s books ,this book set in new york a collection of three stories with a detective theme .
Orhan Pamuk – The White castle – I read this last year also ,an italian sailor is sold as a slave in arab world ends up educating a sultan ,wonderful storytelling ,I would recommend this book to any one .
Hanif Kuriesh – The Buddha of suburbia – I ve not read any Kureishi ,I remember catching a couple of the tv version of this years ago as David Bowie had written the music for it . shall see if the book is better than the show ,which bar the music was a little silly at times .
Rohinton Mistry – such a long journey – The debut of the Canadian based indian writer ,i ve enjoy one of his other books ,so will be reading this as well .
MANY THANKS FABER .
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