No acquisitions
Books read (8)
BOTM: G. Greene, A Sort of Life
B. Bryson, Neither here nor there
G. Greene, A Gun for Sale
G. Greene, The confidential agent
P.S. Fichtner, Maximillian II
C. James, The Remake
J. Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat
Waterfield, Xenophon's retreat
I liked the reading this month, but I don't think anything has been world shattering. Lots of Greene, and the best was his volume of autobiography, which - apart from a overpresent humility - was engaging, interesting and warm. Though, flicking through my previous entries,
I overpraise these kinds of books - I feel I was born a few decades too late. Nonetheless, it pushed into a string of novels by the same author, which are reliably excellent, albeit lacking compared to his various masterpieces.
Thursday 3 December 2009
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