LeazesMag 0 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 This book contains the clip in Toonpacks sig, he was a board member alongside Fred and Doug and "exposed" some hometruths etc etc blah blah. Sounds to me like he wanted to curtail the ambition of the club and run a safe club going nowhere [like the current owner] from what I've heard over the years. Anyway, I'll read this book [from the library] and give an honest appraisal of it. There are always 2 sides to everything but I'll take on board whatever he says and report back how I see it when I've finished. Who says I'm not open to other "opinions" Thing is, I was wet behind the ears once too like some people on here, but eventually realised the truth about the regime in the 70's and 80's until the club was taken over by football men, despite their faults, nobody is perfect [how many times do I have to say this] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46107 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I mean what I say. I will start reading this today, hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 There'll be some illegible wild scribbling in the margins once it's returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Dog Soldiers, Robert Stone. Very enjoyable. Class so far btw. Proper book © Gemmill / Souness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADP 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Don Paterson - Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Stephen Leather - The Bomb That Kept Exploding Proper book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Top bombing tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46107 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Stephen Leather - The Bomb That Kept Exploding Proper book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guttierrors 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Brian Lumley the necroscope, better than twilight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Excerpt--The Bomb That Kept Exploding I caught him right in the neck, the hollow-tip bullet from my SA-180 standard army issue rifle blew his turban right off and left his head hanging onto his body by a few threads of mangled flesh (unbeknownst to me at the time, this evil bastard had visited a Muslamic dentist, who had replaced his teeth with semtex: no wonder he had wanted to battle to the death in a crowded shopping centre). I had almost decapitated him with the bullets from my SA-180 standard army issue rifle; I decided to finish the job with my leather boots. I ran up to his body as it staggered around, the blood spurting from his neck in great jets like a water fountain display at Center Parks, and I booted his head clean off. It landed in the creche area of Mothercare and killed 18 innocent women and children. But that was the least of my worries. As his now decapitated body lay on the floor, still twitching like a pregnant sparrow in labour, I noticed the nuclear bomb attached to his chest. That was an excerpt from the prologue of The Bomb that Kept Exploding by Stephen Leather. Edited February 7, 2012 by Kevin S. Assilleekunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46107 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BestBaNone 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 The Paul Wyn thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I'm STILL reading War and Peace, although I did take a break when the bairn arrived. It's now become my shiterature, great book, I'll finish it some day I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Brilliant Orange - The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football. Loving it so far :thup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I am reading back to back autobiographies of two men equally deluded of their own self importance, popularity and talent. Who's the b*stard in the black - Jeff Winter I, Pardridge - Alan Partridge I'm sure you've seen it before, but let me remind you of this little Winter nugget on his last visit to Anfield: "In the end I played a little bit extra, waiting until play was at the Kop end, before sounding the final shrill blast - a bit like the Last Post. The fans behind the goal burst into spontaneous applause. It was longer and louder than normal, even for a big home win. Did they know it was my final visit? Was the applause for me? They are such knowledgeable football people, that it would not surprise me.” Knob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) He subsequently tried to claim that was tongue-in-cheek after all the stick he got for it. I'm guessing it's not jam-packed with self-deprecating comic gems though. Edited February 7, 2012 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 It was the autobiography that you'd expect any smoggy to write. Full of bravado, cock-sureness without a hint of irony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14069 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) Just finished Tina Fey's (30 Rock creator) memoir thing. Just a comedy book really, canny funny but wears a bit thin by the end but finished it in a day basically so not a waste. Started 1Q84 but it's not really grabbing me yet. Looking to get into George Saunders next as I've heard he's similar to Vonnegut. Anyone read any? Edited February 7, 2012 by Ayatollah Hermione Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Smiley's People. * One for you Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Smiley's People. * One for you Alex. I've only actually read The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by him. I vaguely remember the old Alec Guiness tv series though. I love good espionage stuff from that era (see Len Deighton). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14069 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Smiley's People. * One for you Alex. I've only actually read The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by him. I vaguely remember the old Alec Guiness tv series though. I love good espionage stuff from that era (see Len Deighton). The film adaptation of that with Richard Burton is mint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14069 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Funnily enough, I'm watching The Ipcress File as we speak. Think it's wired into men to love spies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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