[ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 10:47:06 +0100
Yes June, I thought it was compelling.
David
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
I read that one, David, and like you found it disturbing, but I do enjoy his
writing. I don't always want to feel comfortable with what I'm reading. I
think The Line of Beauty has been mentioned before, and I keep meaning to
add that to my list. One day...!
Has anyone read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn? Weird but unputdownable.
June
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Sent: 04 April 2013 09:44
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
Clare,
I tried a Hollinghurst once and hated it, but I will give "The line of
beauty" a try.
For some reason, I am often uncomfortable reading books about gay people.
Not sure why this is. The Hollinghurst I read was called "The swimming pool
murders" and I found it really disturbing, and not much worries me in that
way.
David
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On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
Sent: 04 April 2013 09:01
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: This Bleeding City.
David, I agree with you about the purpose of the group, and will always do
my best with the books chosen. I remember many people didn't like King of
the Badgers because of all the sex, but I loved that one because I enjoyed
the characters and the setting so much. Have you ever read the Line of
Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst? That's another one about horrible people with
too much money, in the Thatcher era. I found it very compelling in a nasty
way. They weren't people in the City, but in the Conservative Party. Lots of
gay sex and drugs. I don't know why I find drugs so much harder to read
about than sex, surely it can't be because they are illegal, because so is
murder, and I often enjoy reading about that, even real life ones, though I
hated the book about the Wests which I read recently. Clare
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