[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:10:46 +0100
One of the things to remember about it is that it's written a rather strange
idiom with all of what would be swearing replaced because the writer, that's to
say Ned Kelly, is conscious of his responsibility towards his young daughter
for whom the account is being written.
On 4 Jun 2013, at 23:59, Tar Barrels wrote:
> I'm afraid I couldn't get on with the Kelly gang either Clare, though it
> might have been the reader, or else life was too hectic to get into it. I
> remember it being quite a long book, so perhaps one to try again in the
> winter when life is more static.
> June
>
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> 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>
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> > 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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