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It is (so far) touching, engrossing and, in places, very funny. I thought What A Carve Up was a work of genius (better than The Rotters' Club). It remains to be seen how One Day will compare when I've finished it.
I'll have to mention it to my wife. We both loved What A Carve Up, and my wife ended up reading everything else Coe has written.
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Fascinating, excellent book.
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Very interesting book, and frightening to read about all that can go wrong in the brain. An example - the author's theory that Ravel composed the "dreaded Bolero" (thanks Mirror Image) at an older age, and could have been suffering from one of the brain conditions the author describes.
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Very interesting book, and frightening to read about all that can go wrong in the brain. An example - the author's theory that Ravel composed the "dreaded Bolero" (thanks Mirror Image) at an older age, and could have been suffering from one of the brain conditions the author describes.
I have bought copies of this in the past for Philidor, my brother and my stepdad!
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Right now, I am reading Patricia's Cornwell's take on the Jack the Ripper murders. Before that, it was Leonard Cohen's Beautiful Losers. I have had Art Buchwald's We'll Laugh Again staring at me for some time, but I think that I want to pick something else fiction rather than that. Maybe I should pick up Sarah Palin's new book
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finished rick ridgeway's book on the 1972 american summit of K2 which was very interesting
bunch of campers muckin aboot getting frost bite

started a biography (blue angel) of marlene dietrich...think i'll be abandoning that too...she's much more interesting as an enigma

and finally broke down and bought some field guides "the plant life of southern california" and "birds of california"
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Hiya Mo! Always lovely to see you.

I am now reading AS Byatt's The Children's Book and it is a total treat. I love it.
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Hi maureen, lovely to see you.

I'm reading a [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher"]Jack Reacher[/ame]:

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