[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
- From: "Elaine Harris \(Rivendell\)" <elaineharris@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 12:52:59 +1000
Must confess I could be had up in front of the House of UnAustralian
activities for this but am bored to death by the sanctification of the Kelly
Gang here; revered would be an understatement, so a book on them holds no
interest. Australian writer, Russell Braddon, endeared himself to me when he
described them as "A bunch of thugs".
Russell Braddon's novel, "Endplay", is a delicious little mystery and his
account of life in Changi and on the Thai-Burma Railway, "The Naked Island"
pulls no punches. He was captured by the Japanese on his 21st birthday.
Take care,
Elaine
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On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2013 5:18 AM
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
Istarted "Oscar and Lucinda" many years ago. I think I was going on
holiday or something, and was finding it very slow anyway, so I gave up on
it. I had "The Kelly Gang" from the local library a while ago, but also
abandonned that, partly because I heard Peter Carey interviewed on the radio
and he admitted that Ned Kelly didn't have a daughter, and also because I
got bored with the style of his writing.
Trish.
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From: Shell <mailto:shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:43 PM
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
Clare, I also had to give up on Jack Maggs and another one he wrote, which I
forget now. I did, however, really enjoy the Kelly Gang, which I borrowed
from Calibre many years ago on cassette.
I find him quite hard going though.
Shell.
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From: "Clare Gailans" <cgailans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:17 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
> Ian, I have been recommended before to read Oscar and Lucinda. The trouble
> is, I hated his Jack Maggs and couldn't bring myself to read the Kelly
Gang
> when the library sent it to Voldi in braille. I sometimes like Booker
books
> but sometimes loathe them, so I don't really make a point of reading them,
> not at the appropriate time anyway. Clare
>
>
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