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I took "The unknown Kimi Raikkonen " on holiday with me last week.
It's not a biography ,the author quickly tells us this.
It wasn't a difficult or long read but found it enjoyable to find a little more about the bloke who doesn't say much.
It's also billed as the first and last book on the subject ,quite a bold statement if KR wants to write a full autobiography
later on but going by what's written in this one ,looks unlikely he'll ever do that.
It's not a biography ,the author quickly tells us this.
It wasn't a difficult or long read but found it enjoyable to find a little more about the bloke who doesn't say much.
It's also billed as the first and last book on the subject ,quite a bold statement if KR wants to write a full autobiography
later on but going by what's written in this one ,looks unlikely he'll ever do that.
Dark Side of the Moon" by Les Wood. No, nothing to do with Pink Floyd as one might expect from the title. I'm really not sure about this one; not your usual pot boiler but a rather strange novel with an even stranger ending. A tale of drug dealers turned bungling jewel thieves set in Glasgow. You might like it, but then you might not. It is rather as if the author was sniffing too much of the white stuff and he wrote the book under the influence.
E24man said:
My holiday reading has been 'This is going to Hurt', a diary recollection of a med student to Senior Registrar - wickedly funny throughout but devastatingly heartbreaking in short, sharp shocks, and 'The Secret Barrister' which initially seems (like the writer admits about herself) is a 'look at me, look at me, aren't I important' warts and all in-depth appraisal of the Criminal Justice system and process in England and Wales, but actually contains a huge amount of useful and interesting knowledge and is very amusing along the way.
As a former medical practioner, 'This is going to Hurt', by Adam Kay, had me belly-laughing almost all the way through.
Just bought this and looking forward to reading it.As a former medical practioner, 'This is going to Hurt', by Adam Kay, had me belly-laughing almost all the way through.
NorthernSky said:
Gripping, page turning account by an extremely meticulous and thoughtful survivor of Auschwitz - guaranteed to be a more important read than any other book... EVER. A challenging account. Well, well worth it to read...
Agreed, an astonishing man and a truly important work. If I recall Carlo Levi was a cousin. Cristo Fermata a Eboli is worth a read.
Not comparable, but an interesting account of internal exile by the fascists.
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