Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Stevie recommended it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Most important racist novel of the last 50 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 So is that actually worth reading from an anthropological point of view, or is it just racist bile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 No idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I just started reading The Prince by Machiavelli. Quite looking forward to developing a fuller understanding of what the concept means. I'm really under-informed on classical literature so I'm trying to make more of an effort. For Trivial Pursuit if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I just started reading The Prince by Machiavelli. Quite looking forward to developing a fuller understanding of what the concept means. I'm really under-informed on classical literature so I'm trying to make more of an effort. For Trivial Pursuit if nothing else. Recent thinking is that it is actually a satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 So is that actually worth reading from an anthropological point of view, or is it just racist bile? I'm not really reading it I was just taking the piss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I'm about 100 pages into Wolf Hall. Been meaning to read it for ages as I got it as a Christmas present a few years ago when it won the Booker. Can't help but think of Mark Rylance as Cromwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Recent thinking is that it is actually a satire. Oh really? That's very interesting actually, I'll keep that in mind. Presumably a satire of people who live their lives in such a way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Alexander Solzhenitsyn - One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich. Grim as fuck reading to remind me how lucky I am whilst on holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Classic holiday reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Nothing more relaxing than horrific tales of mental torture in a Siberian Gulag whilst sipping vodka on the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3894 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Oh really? That's very interesting actually, I'll keep that in mind. Presumably a satire of people who live their lives in such a way? Possibly, there is great debate on it, is it satire or is it a request to be brought back into the Medici fold? Edited August 22, 2016 by Kevin Carr's Gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Wondered if you'd picked up on the reference (Steppenwolf). Edit: for Seamus Edited August 22, 2016 by Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Possibly, there is great debate on it, is it satire or is it a request to be brought back into the Medici fold? Thanks for the insight, then. I guess I'll see what I think come the end of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44864 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Still reading Mr Nice by Howard Marks. It's longer than I thought it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5220 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Nausea by Jean-Paul Satre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33182 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Just finishing off 'dictator', the last of the Cicero trilogy by Robert Harris. Been a decent read but will need something else for the rest of my hol/plane trip back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 @@Park Life would be proud Reading Nietzsche at an early age is what did for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Nausea by Jean-Paul Satre. One of the greatest books there is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Nothing more relaxing than horrific tales of mental torture in a Siberian Gulag whilst sipping vodka on the beach. Proper custhy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Angels With Dirty Faces. Jonathan Wilson's new book on the history of Argentinian football. Excellent so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Angels With Dirty Faces. Jonathan Wilson's new book on the history of Argentinian football. Excellent so far. He was plugging that on the podcast the other day, sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate Hot on the heels of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus by Douglas Rushkoff. Pretty depressing pair. They both outline their own solutions to the economic bubbles that prove catastrophic for the poorest in society and the environmental devastation wrought by an economy predicated on growth. But when you look at the examples cited as being the future they've largely died off already even though the books were only published in the last year or two. We're fucked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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