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9 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

Can I just clarify how a person reads an audio book? Surely, they belong in "what are you listening to?"

Deaf people 

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1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

Took a couple of pulls of the starter cord by Toonpack but the FUCKING SHITE PUN ENGINE has rattled back to life. 

Just because you’ve never seen the dyslexic-friendly version of Wart Ars’s, doesn’t mean you’ve got be up in our face and angry, like Rev. Haddart. 

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

 

 

Wow 

 

That’s it. That’s the review 😆

 

The only book I can compare it to is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, just for its sprawling, virtually gonzo style..  it’s nothing like F&LILV but that’s the only other book that’s made me feel stoned whilst reading it. I don’t read read a lot of grown up fiction but this was fucking phenomenal ☺️

 


 

 

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5 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez 

 

 

Wow 

 

That’s it. That’s the review 😆

 

The only book I can compare it to is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S Thompson, just for its sprawling, virtually gonzo style..  it’s nothing like F&LILV but that’s the only other book that’s made me feel stoned whilst reading it. I don’t read read a lot of grown up fiction but this was fucking phenomenal ☺️

 


 

 

It's an astonishing book. Absolutely amazing

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The Armies by Evelio Rosero is a good read if you like that Colombian magical realism style like the above 

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21 hours ago, spongebob toonpants said:

It's an astonishing book. Absolutely amazing


I think I have good news for you…. It’ll be subtitled as Marquez refused to sell the rights because he knew any adaptation would be in English. I think his son has done the deal and tbf to Netflix they’ve accepted the original terms…from this it looks great, from Dec 11 as far as I can make out, not sure if that’s UK 

 

 

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Just finished this. Read in two sittings over yesterday and today. Really good and only 99p currently if you're a Kindle person. 

 

That synopsis makes it sound almost a bit Mills and Boon but there's proper nasty shit goes down in it. Well worth a read. 

 

Night Boat to Tangier by the same bloke is good too. 

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