[ebooktalk] Re: Susan Hill
- From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:06 +0100
Clare, thanks for recommending Strange Meeting - it sounds more like my sort
of book. I'll email Calibre this evening.
By the by, I don't suppose you have a text copy of Farewell Leicester Square
by Betty Miller, do you? If so, might I have a copy please? If not, I'll
scan it and offer you one.
We're just home from a lovely day on the train from Carlisle to Ravenglass,
for David's birthday. The old boy draws his pension from today, so we
celebrated with fish and chips in St Bees. Along the way I listened to The
Edwardians by JB Priestley - I've not read anything by him before. A bit
dated and ponderous, but very interesting.
Thanks
June
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Susan Hill
I have read some books by her which have disappointed, but she also wrote
one of my favourite ever books, Strange Meeting, about two soldiers in the
First World War. I don't know how much my love of this book was due to the
reading for Calibre by Peter Clark, but this was certainly truly wonderful.
I know exactly what you mean, June, about Various Haunts of Men, but it was
a very brave and unusual device. Compared to many of you I am very poor at
remembering plot for more than five minutes after finishing a book, but this
particular twist is unforgettable. I love the Simon Serailler books and am
currently reading no. 5, though her attempts to write dialogue for the
criminal underworld or even introduce four-letter words don't ring true.
Clare
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