What are you reading tonight?

[KeyserSoze]

Aye. Had to do a presentation on it at uni. I can't remember much what I talked about (presentation was six hours after dissertation hand-in, so I was basically running on caffeine fumes by the talk) but remember it being a brilliant film. They're all on youtube now i think, on his official channel. Used to be free, before some business fella probably came in and said "um, maybe a quid or two."

[William the White]

Thinking about Orwell i remembered another Spanish Civil War novel I'd enjoyed, but couldn't remember its author. I had its title clear, though - 'Brothers'.

An internet search showed nothing useful. Then I goggled 'Novels set in Spanish Civil War' and found a website listing hundreds in several different languages, and dating from 1936...

Here I found William Herrick, 'Hermanos', published 1968. (Hermanos being Spanish for 'brothers').

Have just ordered it second hand pb for 98p...

[Gary the Enfield]

Thinking about Orwell i remembered another Spanish Civil War novel I'd enjoyed, but couldn't remember its author. I had its title clear, though - 'Brothers'.

An internet search showed nothing useful. Then I goggled 'Novels set in Spanish Civil War' and found a website listing hundreds in several different languages, and dating from 1936...

Here I found William Herrick, 'Hermanos', published 1968. (Hermanos being Spanish for 'brothers').

Have just ordered it second hand pb for 98p...

Those of us who have watched Breaking Bad will also be familiar with this.

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[Puskas]

Has anyone read The Nowhere Men?

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And by anyone, I mean anyone reading this who may care to give an opinion of it, rather than wondering whether a book has been published but no one has ever read it.

It looks moderately intriguing.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Has anyone read The Nowhere Men?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Nowhere-Men ... 1780891075" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

And by anyone, I mean anyone reading this who may care to give an opinion of it, rather than wondering whether a book has been published but no one has ever read it.

It looks moderately intriguing.

Moderately intriguing - an oxymoron if ever I saw one Mr Puskas

[Puskas]

Moderately intriguing - an oxymoron if ever I saw one Mr Puskas

Why?

"Intriguing" - arousing ones curiosity.

"Moderately" - within limits, to an extent.

So looking like it might be mildly interesting, but not enough to miss something good, like today's edition of The Wright Stuff, for.

Nothing even mildly self-contradictory about it.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Maybe my curiosity arousal level is set too high and I should ask nature to refund me some curiosity. I think to be intrigued already has a high level of curiosity which has been aroused otherwise I'd just be mildly curious. It's a bit like having some moderate agony... no sorry, agony comes in excrutiating format only, some moderate pain on the other hand is perfectly acceptable. Well, maybe not acceptable, but you know what I mean.

[Puskas]

Maybe my curiosity arousal level is set too high and I should ask nature to refund me some curiosity. I think to be intrigued already has a high level of curiosity which has been aroused otherwise I'd just be mildly curious. It's a bit like having some moderate agony... no sorry, agony comes in excrutiating format only, some moderate pain on the other hand is perfectly acceptable. Well, maybe not acceptable, but you know what I mean.

I would say you're over-endowing the strength of "intrigued".

Although I won't argue the point, as some people might find it mildly infuriating.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Maybe my curiosity arousal level is set too high and I should ask nature to refund me some curiosity. I think to be intrigued already has a high level of curiosity which has been aroused otherwise I'd just be mildly curious. It's a bit like having some moderate agony... no sorry, agony comes in excrutiating format only, some moderate pain on the other hand is perfectly acceptable. Well, maybe not acceptable, but you know what I mean.

I would say you're over-endowing the strength of "intrigued".

Although I won't argue the point, as some people might find it mildly infuriating.

Stop it, you.

[bwfcdan94]

Just finished Colin Murray's "A random history of football".

[TANGODANCER]

Just finished another Robert Goddard thriller..Fault-Line. Excellent , as ever. No shower of AK47 bullets spraying around, usually just one or two single shots from an old ex army Webley or some such. Intrigue and double dealing in the simple sense and told the same way. Good stuff.

[KeyserSoze]

Watchmen, the graphic novel on which the film of the same name is based. Liking it thus far. Watched the film on saturday and was like 'meh'.

[William the White]

For people who care about fine writing, critical intelligence and books... catch up with the BBC4 doc on the New York Review of Books, broadcast last night.

It was brilliant. As is the mag. And its essential cousin the London Review of Books.

[CAPSLOCK]

2 football books

31 nil and one about a young English lad who signed for a lower league team in Brazil caught my eye and are sat on the kindle

[officer_dibble]

Whats the title? Got to beat the autobiography of paul fecking merson which kindle keeps trying to sell me.

[Burnden Paddock]

Whats the title? Got to beat the autobiography of paul fecking merson which kindle keeps trying to sell me.

I have the book. You can have it!

[bobo the clown]

GG will have it. There's a vague possibility you could get a fee for it.

[Burnden Paddock]

She's more than welcome! Probably has it already though. Strikes me as the type.

[Gooner Girl]

She's more than welcome! Probably has it already though. Strikes me as the type.

By 'type', Mr Paddock, I assume you mean the 'type' of person to own and read such high brow, edifying literature as 'Rock Bottom' 'Hero and Villan' and 'How not to be a professional footballer'

Yes, I own and have read all 3 of Paul Merson's autobiographies. I lurve Paul Merson. He's in my top 3 favourite Arsenal players ever, I named one of my pet mice after him, actually (and I cried when he left for Middlesbrough... )