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I'm about halfway through King Perry by Edmond Manning. Unlike just about anything else I've ever read and I can't wait to see how where else it goes and how it ends. A head's up--it contains graphic depictions of sex between two men. If you find the idea of that off-putting, this might not be a book you'd enjoy.
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I'm about halfway through King Perry by Edmond Manning. Unlike just about anything else I've ever read and I can't wait to see how where else it goes and how it ends. A head's up--it contains graphic depictions of sex between two men. If you find the idea of that off-putting, this might not be a book you'd enjoy.
Oh god, the end... oh god... sigh... One of the best stories that I've ever read. Ever.
You're just in time for King Mai, coming out on the 15th.
I am currently reading - and enjoying - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery.
I had the feeling that it was a very funny book in the original French, but was translated by someone with no sense of humor.
By the way, speaking of funny, I'm reading David Lodge's "Thinks", which is not a funny book, per se, but I ran into a part last night that made me laugh harder than anything since I first read Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat". An absolutely hysterical part where writing class students wrote about "What it's Like to be a Bat", in the style of a well-known author (one of them Irvine Welsh). It went on page after page, and I was sick with laughter.
I had the feeling that it was a very funny book in the original French, but was translated by someone with no sense of humor.
I think you are right! Parts of it are read-out-loud-funny which make the smarty-pants sections worth the effort.
"Poodles come in black or apricot. The apricot ones tend to be crabbier than the black ones, who on the other hand do not smell as nice. Though all poodles bark snappily at the slightest provocation, they are particularly inclined to do so when nothing at all is happening.'
At least they weren't chestnut or auburn. Those are the most annoying tresses of all.
I haven't read enough to know if she has slightly slanted green eyes. But you would think she would, to go along with tossing her black tresses. You need to have an eye for the tresses to go over.
I think he used to be a good writer and then he got lazy. All his books sound exactly the same.
I guess he would not be the first to resort to formula writing.
I am totally loving "behind the beautiful forevers." After reading the first 10%, I realized I'd forgotten it was nonfiction, and went back to read the description to make sure I had not been mistaken. It reads like fiction -- fiction very well-written. I get lost in it.
According to the Author's Note, not only is it not fiction, but it results from following the lives of the persons depicted for FOUR years and repeated (endless) interviews, videographing, etc through a number of interpreters -- including members of the slum being followed. The Author's Note alone is fascinating.
Granted I am only now 13% into it, but already I am raving about how everyone should read this book.
Oh, and netwit -- you can return the book via the Manage Your Kindle interface on Amazon, but my library doesn't recognize the return. It may just be a glitch with my library.
I'm reading Morgan's Run: A Novel by Colleen McCullough.
Like her book The Thornbirds, this one is about Australia.
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I haven't read enough to know if she has slightly slanted green eyes. But you would think she would, to go along with tossing her black tresses. You need to have an eye for the tresses to go over.
