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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 07:20 am
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.
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George
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 08:18 am
ossobuco wrote:
That's the only book of Bryson's I liked, George..

Really? You didn't like A Short History of Nearly Everything?
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Gargamel
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 08:37 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.


What a wondeful book--I don't care how many people say so.

Strangely, some people I expect to like it don't so much. But I think you will, Gus. I trust your respect for book length fart jokes.
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 08:59 am
Gargamel wrote:
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.


What a wondeful book--I don't care how many people say so.

Strangely, some people I expect to like it don't so much. But I think you will, Gus. I trust your respect for book length fart jokes.


hmmm, I was going to run straight out and buy it based on gus's comment. Now...... I dunno.
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:01 am
George wrote:
A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson
A funny, funny guy.
And I've always wanted to walk the Appalachian Trail.


I still have laughing fits about ping-ponging eyeballs.
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gustavratzenhofer
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:10 am
Give it a try, J-B. Even though the book has what I consider to be one of the worst covers I have ever seen the content is quite good, the writing superb, and one chapter in particular riotously amusing.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:14 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.

good taste is timeless
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:17 am
looks like I'll be making a stop at the bookstore this morning.
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wandeljw
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:20 am
JPB wrote:
looks like I'll be making a stop at the bookstore this morning.


My younger brother, who is a professional punk-rock musician, often told me to read "Confederacy of Dunces". I have also heard that the book has a huge cult following.
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:24 am
Well then, I'll let you borrow it when I'm finished, jw.
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BumbleBeeBoogie
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 09:27 am
BBB
I read a Confederancy of Dunces when it was first published and still have memory giggles.

John Kennedy Toole committed suicide in 1969 and never saw the publication of his novel. Ignatius Reilly is what he left behind, a fitting memorial to a talented and tormented life.

"A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs."
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msolga
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 06:31 pm
An oldie, just picked it up off the shelf & kept reading ...

FAMILIES and how to survive them -Robin Skinner & John Cleese


I'm gonna get on top of this subject on of these days! I will! Very Happy
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Fri 23 Feb, 2007 06:59 pm
Oh, that's a great description there, BBB...
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JPB
 
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Reply Sat 24 Feb, 2007 09:18 am
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.


Got it, started it....
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Gargamel
 
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Reply Sat 24 Feb, 2007 03:28 pm
JPB wrote:
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
About fifty pages to go in A Confederacy of Dunces.

J_B really should read this book -- lots of familiar New Orleans stuff.


Got it, started it....


You'll love it!

Me, I've been slogging through Poe's tales of mystery and horror. Early short story writers are a trip, because conventions have not yet been established, and the authors pull tricks you don't see these days. Some of Poe's stuff is campy--"I cannot begin to describe to you the horrors I saw," etc.etc.--he's so dramatic. But keeping in mind this guy's life was a series of nervous breakdowns, an opium addiction, and a marriage to his cousin, you really appreciate how steeped in darknees he had to have been when writing these tales.
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George
 
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Reply Sat 24 Feb, 2007 04:07 pm
The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger.
I'm totally mesmerized by it!
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bunny butt
 
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Reply Mon 26 Feb, 2007 07:43 pm
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hamburger
 
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Reply Tue 27 Feb, 2007 03:37 pm
two books on the go :

- monarchy - from the middle ages to modernity by david starkey ,
it's really interseting to read how british monarchy developed and adapted throughout history ,

- clubland - the fabulous and murderous fall of club culture by frank owen , all about the "wonderdrug" SPECIAL K (ketamine - an animal anesthetic much "loved" by the clubgoers ) , all i can say is ZOWIE !

- just picked up from the library and waiting :
the prince of marshes - and other other occupational hazards of a year in iraq by rory stewart , how iraq is being governed in the "post-imperial age " .
this should keep me "busy" for a while .
hbg
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Heeven
 
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Reply Tue 27 Feb, 2007 04:25 pm
I got this book a while back and glanced at it here and there, but I have started actually reading it now:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060765313.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SL210_.jpg

I find it amusing while learning a thing or two.
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littlek
 
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Reply Tue 27 Feb, 2007 08:47 pm
I'm reading Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexie. I think I saw it listed here once (could have been ages ago). I adore it. I was a fan before I finished the first short story.
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