[ebooktalk] Re: SEEING THE UPSIDE
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:40:17 +0100
Thanks Ian, I have it and have only recently read a McKewan and need a bit of a
break between his books.
Cheers,
Shell.
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From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:30 PM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: SEEING THE UPSIDE
> Shall I post it or can you access it on your computer Shell?
> On 5 Jun 2013, at 18:05, Shell wrote:
>
>> I would like to read that book Ian, I'm interested in his novels.
>> Shell.
>>
>>
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>> From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:57 PM
>> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [ebooktalk] SEEING THE UPSIDE
>>
>> > Today has been filled with frustration as I've grappled with the soviet
>> > style bureaucracy which surrounds renewing my blue badge in Ealing.
>> > However, the time that I've spent doing this has also enabled me to read
>> > an entire book. It's one which has been mentioned on this list before,
>> > The comfort of Strangers by Ian McKewan. It is not a book to be taken
>> > lightly if, like me you live with high levels of anxiety. the threat of
>> > the indeterminate evil is very unsettling and this is part of the
>> > achievement of the book so that the end comes almost as a relief, and not
>> > just to the reader but to one of the protagonists too. He's another
>> > author of whom I'm usually wary having had some bad trips into his
>> > fiction, but this was gripping and helped me keep my temper in check.
>> >
>
>
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