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It is about a young boy wondering from village to village in World war two Poland where he suffers constant abuse because he is mistaken for a Gypsy or a Jew and includes things such as incest, bestiality and rape as well as some pretty graphic violence.
Despite of, or perhaps because of this the book was impossible to put down and I had read it cover to cover within two days, worth reading as long as your not easily offended.
Mister Kolla
Hibee
Ninja
I read this last week and although I can't quite sum up what I thought I think the best word is frustrating.
I think it's something about the minor characters that winds me up. The main ones I find well constructed but it's characters like Ippolit that really grated me because I can't find a discernible reason for their being in the novel.
Vercoe
Hibee
I'm working my way through Celine's Journey To The End Of The Night, I wasn't sure what to expect before starting but as it had influenced a lot of writers I like I thought I'd give it a go, turns out it's really easy to read and you fly through it.
ianbaker
Skint at the moment but would like some more reading material.
Telegram Sam
The Platypus
Franck
Telegram Sam
Yeah, it's absolutely quality. I read 300 pages or so in three days. One of Palahniuk's best.
King Luis
Anyway, really enjoyed it but some of the dialogue was really jarring. Like the kids in it were kids of today rather than of the time, aside from that it was really good though not something id read normally. Just started reading C.J. Sansom's Dominion which ive heard alot of good things about.
SpinSwimScream
Tommo.
Pippadoc
Not heard of that one before, who's it about?
Next Man Up is a great read if you want to get an insight into the workings of an NFL team - kind of an NFL version of Friday Night Lights (also an excellent book).
Tommo.
Nate Jackson. Played TE for Broncos. He talks about how the injures where treated, NFL Europe and the team meetings they would have and so on
Franck
Started off on Friday by picking up Irvine Welsh's Skagboys. Gotten about a third of the way through. It's much closer to the brilliance of Trainspotting than Porno was.
Franck
Skagboys - Irvine Welsh
Set in the mid-1980s Skagboys chronicles how Renton, Spud and Sick Boy, the main characters of Welsh's Trainspotting and Porno, descended into heroin addiction. The book employs the familiar narrative structure of the previous books, with each chapter acting as a short story of its own, recounting the adventures and thoughts of Welsh's vast cast of characters while switching back and forth between first and third-person. In addition to exploring the driving forces behind heroin addiction Skagboys also recounts the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Edinburgh and the alienation of the working class under Thatcher. While the book is gritty it never gets close to the level of gruesomeness frequently displayed in Trainspotting and also lacks its edge. Skagboys is a solid, well-written book and a better effort than the preceding Porno but ultimately it will only truly appeal to those already enchanted by the characters of Welsh's underclass Leith first introduced in Trainspotting.
Samirah
Hibee
Have you read Last Exit to Brooklyn Franck? If you like Irvine Welsh's stuff it's worth a try, Hubert Selby was a massive influence on Welsh, especially when he was writing Trainspotting.
Franck
I'll check that out
Eric Portapotty
Sam
Now I've started Morrissey's autobiography at last, bought it the day it came out and have only just got around to reading it.
SpinSwimScream
Franck
the insider
I've also read re-read John Grisham's 'A Time to kill' and the sequel Sycamore Row which are also very good.