Clare, I remember that we read this book in our English class, and the whole form were in hysterics! Elaine Owens was trying to read aloud, and couldn't do it for laughing. Unfortunately, though, the humour tapers off about halfway through and the author just goes into descriptive passages about the thames which, after the humour in the first half, are just dull and boring. I don't think we read the whole thing at school, but I've read it subsequently and was very disappointed.
Trish.----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Gailans" <cgailans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: MY BOOKS OF MY LIFE TODAY
Steve, I love Diary of a Nobody too, though I think my favourite humorous book (many leave me cold) is Three Men in a Boat. This was by far my favourite book read in English classes at school, though if I remember rightly the humour passed most of my form-mates by. We might be able to help you with the drama of Bomber. Voldi bought the tapes for me, as we missed it at the time it was broadcast in real time. We listened to it over a may bank holiday week-end, and I didn't know the book at the time, so it made a huge impression on me. It was so harrowing, and so realistically produced, that I could feel my stomach going into knots as though I was up there with them. When I eventually read the book, it didn't quite match up, though of course there were more incidents and more background to the characters, and it wasn't interspersed with interviews with former fighter pilots. Clare----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1432 / Virus Database: 3204/5955 - Release Date: 07/01/13
