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"What is your favourite book or the best book you have ever read? " far from the madding crowd Thomas Hardy. To kill a mockingbird Harper Lee. U Uhuru Robert Roark. Xx | |||
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"I do not like reading fiction. I've always read technical books and manuals since my early teens. Car repair books, advanced computing and digital forensics, books on business strategy etc. I bought my first house in my early 20's, and reading the Reader's Digest DIY manual taught me how to rewire it, replumb it, replaster it and build a brick fireplace." That’s amazing 👍 it just shows what you can learn from a book | |||
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"I do not like reading fiction. I've always read technical books and manuals since my early teens. Car repair books, advanced computing and digital forensics, books on business strategy etc. I bought my first house in my early 20's, and reading the Reader's Digest DIY manual taught me how to rewire it, replumb it, replaster it and build a brick fireplace." Well you are obviously the guy to know….😉 Bit of a catch….😁 | |||
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"What is your favourite book or the best book you have ever read? " Glue - By Irvine Welsh Love it! Read it three times  x | |||
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"I do not like reading fiction. I've always read technical books and manuals since my early teens. Car repair books, advanced computing and digital forensics, books on business strategy etc. I bought my first house in my early 20's, and reading the Reader's Digest DIY manual taught me how to rewire it, replumb it, replaster it and build a brick fireplace. Well you are obviously the guy to know….😉 Bit of a catch….😁 " I just know how to fix and make things, solving problems. I don't offer the service to anyone else outside my family. | |||
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" Any subject on military undercover operations in Northern Ireland also gets my approval " Have you read anything about Stakeknife, IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci? Shankhill Butchers is also a good read, the story of a notorious Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang active in Belfast between 1975 and 1982. | |||
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" Any subject on military undercover operations in Northern Ireland also gets my approval Have you read anything about Stakeknife, IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci? Shankhill Butchers is also a good read, the story of a notorious Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang active in Belfast between 1975 and 1982." Yes I’ve read the Stakeknife book it’s a good read he was part of the “Nutting Squad” working for the IRA having worked his way up through through the ranks becoming the main interrogator, but also worked as a undercover British Agent feeding them information. It’s a very complex but revealing book of which I don’t think the full truth will ever be fully revealed As for the other book you mention I haven’t read it but it sounds like one i would be interested in reading so I’ll look into it 👍 | |||
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"In The Heart Of The Sea Nathaniel Philbrick Non fiction Moby Dick " Errrr….. Moby Dick is fiction. Maybe you mean a classic? | |||
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"In The Heart Of The Sea Nathaniel Philbrick Non fiction Moby Dick Errrr….. Moby Dick is fiction. Maybe you mean a classic?" I think he means In the heart of the sea is a non fiction version of Moby Dick possibly. | |||
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"John Irving's A prayer for Owen Meany." A magnificent book. | |||
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" Any subject on military undercover operations in Northern Ireland also gets my approval Have you read anything about Stakeknife, IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci? Shankhill Butchers is also a good read, the story of a notorious Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang active in Belfast between 1975 and 1982. Yes I’ve read the Stakeknife book it’s a good read he was part of the “Nutting Squad” working for the IRA having worked his way up through through the ranks becoming the main interrogator, but also worked as a undercover British Agent feeding them information. It’s a very complex but revealing book of which I don’t think the full truth will ever be fully revealed." Operation Kenova was the independent police investigation into the activities of a British Army Force Research Unit agent codenamed Stakeknife during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was a very long, difficult and complicated investigation with the final report only being published 6 months ago. The Government and MI5 didn't allow access to some material, which is actually quite understandable. It was a very dirty war. | |||
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" Any subject on military undercover operations in Northern Ireland also gets my approval Have you read anything about Stakeknife, IRA double agent Freddie Scappaticci? Shankhill Butchers is also a good read, the story of a notorious Ulster loyalist paramilitary gang active in Belfast between 1975 and 1982. Yes I’ve read the Stakeknife book it’s a good read he was part of the “Nutting Squad” working for the IRA having worked his way up through through the ranks becoming the main interrogator, but also worked as a undercover British Agent feeding them information. It’s a very complex but revealing book of which I don’t think the full truth will ever be fully revealed. Operation Kenova was the independent police investigation into the activities of a British Army Force Research Unit agent codenamed Stakeknife during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was a very long, difficult and complicated investigation with the final report only being published 6 months ago. The Government and MI5 didn't allow access to some material, which is actually quite understandable. It was a very dirty war." You are very well up on the matter in question mate I like it especially as it’s something that has always interested me Definitely a very long and complicated case one of which I don’t believe we will ever get to hear the full truth for obvious reasons as you stated A very dirty war indeed with no real winners either way Thank you for the recommendation on the other book it’s much appreciated 👍 | |||
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"The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins is probably just about my favourite. " Wilkie Collins is a very underrated writer IMO. "The Moonstone" is also very good. | |||
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"In The Heart Of The Sea Nathaniel Philbrick Non fiction Moby Dick Errrr….. Moby Dick is fiction. Maybe you mean a classic? I think he means In the heart of the sea is a non fiction version of Moby Dick possibly." That's exactly what I meant. | |||
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"Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John leCarre "Titus Groan and Gormenghast are great books - there is nothing else that bears comparison with them. i wasn't so keen on Titus Alone myself. Within the first two books Peake creates the Castle as a world within which everything is contained; it's a menacing presence, a character in itself, but IMO the third suffers from its loss. | |||
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"The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins is probably just about my favourite. Wilkie Collins is a very underrated writer IMO. "The Moonstone" is also very good." Better than Dickens in my opinion, even though the wrote at the same time and Dickens is much better known and read | |||
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"Favourite author is Peter James But probably the best book I ever read was Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes" Yes, Birdsong had a profound effect on me | |||
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"Tattooist of auschwitz " I’ve heard it’s a brilliant book | |||
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"One of my favourite books is 'This Small Cloud' by Harry Daley, a memoir he arranged to have published after his death in 1971. Orphaned when his fisherman father drowned at sea in a great storm in the North Sea, he became a London policeman between the wars and during the second one, after his mother moved the family from Lowestoft to London. Amazingly, he was quite out about being gay - the 'small cloud' in his life. Being a cheery, cheeky chappie, most people liked him, even the habitual petty criminals, who would offer him sex just for the fun of it, and not so he would let them off. He was E.M. Forster's boyfriend for a while, but not being one for kiss and tell barely mentions that here, or his time with that 'set'. His portrait by Duncan Grant is in the Guildhall Art Gallery. He is a great storyteller and his memoir is a great record of his life and London street life in those days." Sounds great. Sadly only available at £35+. Will keep looking! | |||
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"... Any subject on military undercover operations in Northern Ireland also gets my approval " Get a copy of Watching the Door: Cheating Death in 1970s Belfast by Kevin A. Myers Details the absolute insanity in NI during The Troubles | |||
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"Tattooist of auschwitz I’ve heard it’s a brilliant book " It certainly is. Another: All the Light we Cannot See. | |||
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"One of my favourite books is 'This Small Cloud' by Harry Daley, a memoir he arranged to have published after his death in 1971. Orphaned when his fisherman father drowned at sea in a great storm in the North Sea, he became a London policeman between the wars and during the second one, after his mother moved the family from Lowestoft to London. Amazingly, he was quite out about being gay - the 'small cloud' in his life. Being a cheery, cheeky chappie, most people liked him, even the habitual petty criminals, who would offer him sex just for the fun of it, and not so he would let them off. He was E.M. Forster's boyfriend for a while, but not being one for kiss and tell barely mentions that here, or his time with that 'set'. His portrait by Duncan Grant is in the Guildhall Art Gallery. He is a great storyteller and his memoir is a great record of his life and London street life in those days. Sounds great. Sadly only available at £35+. Will keep looking! " You can read it online at Internet Archive (archive dot org). Click on the open book icon and search for the title. It's the first match and you can read it right away online. | |||
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"Too many to list that’s not including poetry, random one having just read it Rivers of London Ben Aaronavitch and the Cutting Room Louise Welsh" Is rivers of London as good as the later Dresden files ones are as I seem to see them get compared a bit simply due to the urban fantasy theme? Or is it more comparable to the Alex verus books? | |||
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"Tattooist of auschwitz I’ve heard it’s a brilliant book It certainly is. Another: All the Light we Cannot See. " Aye my mate has read Tattooist of Auschwitz and said it was a was a very powerful and interesting read What is all the light we cannot see about? | |||
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"Tattooist of auschwitz I’ve heard it’s a brilliant book It certainly is. Another: All the Light we Cannot See. Aye my mate has read Tattooist of Auschwitz and said it was a was a very powerful and interesting read What is all the light we cannot see about?" A blind girl during the war moves from Paris to Honfleur with her father. He is taken by the nazis. She has a radio in the house and makes contact with a young German radio operative.....He is an unwilling participant but has radio skills the Germans need. The book follows his progression from an orphaned child with his younger sister, and her story from Paris with her father. It's a very good read and obviously well researched. As a direct consequence of this book, I am visiting Honfleur this year, I was that influenced by it. | |||
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"Following the tragic theme of The Tattooist....there's "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas"....an extremely powerful read but beautifully done. " Good film as well if emotional at the end | |||
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"Tattooist of auschwitz I’ve heard it’s a brilliant book It certainly is. Another: All the Light we Cannot See. Aye my mate has read Tattooist of Auschwitz and said it was a was a very powerful and interesting read What is all the light we cannot see about? A blind girl during the war moves from Paris to Honfleur with her father. He is taken by the nazis. She has a radio in the house and makes contact with a young German radio operative.....He is an unwilling participant but has radio skills the Germans need. The book follows his progression from an orphaned child with his younger sister, and her story from Paris with her father. It's a very good read and obviously well researched. As a direct consequence of this book, I am visiting Honfleur this year, I was that influenced by it." Now that sounds like a brilliant book and right up my street thank you very much for the recommendation 🙂👍 | |||
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"I love Tom Clancy and have read most of them. Real life crisis scenarios with an interesting insight into how the president and his gang deal with them behind closed doors. Lots of action. My favourite is Threat Vector, about the Chinese invading Taiwan and launching cyber attacks on the USA." I'm a big fan of Clancy too | |||
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"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" ... .. What a great book... To put to paper such horror to benefit humanity reminds us of the importance of the writer who suffers for his art. Whether or not there is catharsis in art? | |||
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"I'd say one of favourites even today would be Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Loved Ronald Dahl books as a child and still do. As I've gotten older it's now more favourite authors rather than books. I could read anything by Sir Terry Prachett,Kathy Reichs,James Patterson, the list goes on." Read all his books as a child and I’ve still got the collection he was a great author Danny Champion of the World was my favourite | |||
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