Tom Clancy has died
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Beati Dogu said:
and all of the 'Brit' stuff was cringingly stereotyped
Yes, reading through 'Command Authority' now and finding the same - even the Brits working in financial houses in the city of London talk like Dick van Dyke. And somehow the Ryan's paper boy knows they are from the US because, unusually for the UK I believe, he delivers the paper by throwing it into the front garden of the house in Chatham, not putting it through the letterbox.Still, the above aside, it's a good read and very interesting so far.
droopsnoot said:
Beati Dogu said:
and all of the 'Brit' stuff was cringingly stereotyped
Yes, reading through 'Command Authority' now and finding the same - even the Brits working in financial houses in the city of London talk like Dick van Dyke. And somehow the Ryan's paper boy knows they are from the US because, unusually for the UK I believe, he delivers the paper by throwing it into the front garden of the house in Chatham, not putting it through the letterbox.Still, the above aside, it's a good read and very interesting so far.
In 'The Da Vinci Code', Scottish cottages apparently have screen doors, and archetypal English historian and blue-blooded knight of the realm Sir Leigh Teabing runs around in a stretch Jaguar limo with smoked glass and whitewall tyres.
Halmyre said:
Anachronisms like that are fun to spot. In a book I read recently, but can't remember the title of, part of central London is portrayed as a quaint network of cobbled streets and cosy little pubs.
Please don't tell me that's not the case.Another Clancy fan here - Without Remorse is a book I've read several times & still love.
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