Monday, 20 April 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART TWENTY-EIGHT

Another tub, logged and sorted. Looks like its testosterone week with a fair few manly, action books and not a female author in sight!
Tub 28

Andy McNab week obviously.

Mark Gimenez, Tom Rob Smith, Alex Dryden,


McNab, Robert Littell, Gerald Seymour, Len Deighton, Jim Thompson,

English thriller writer

Jim Thompson - mid 50's

Chris Evans, autobiography, McNab, Robert Littell,


Twenty eight weeks in, at least my photography skills have improved.

Shiny Robert Littell book,

McNab and Littell,

Norman Parkhurst, Justin Scott, Nick Brownlee, Herbert Lieberman,

Keith Thomson, Andy McNab, Robert Ludlum, Simon Kernick, 

UK author, I've not read him for about 10 years

Robin Moore, Martin Cruz Smith, John Milne, Michael Malone, Quentin Tarantino,

Jimmy Jenner series book.
Non-fiction - The French Connection.

US author, though confusingly there is another one around with a similar name.

I did like the film, why not read the screenplay?

Teddy Hayes, Patrick Bishop, Charles Bukowski, Robert Littell, Matthew F. Jones, 

Teddy Hayes

Littell - spy stuff.

Bukowski short stories

Afghan war novel.

Ted Lewis, Justin Scott, Stuart MacBride, George V. Higgins,

One of a 5 book series

John Harvey, Ian Fleming, Daniel Silva, Mark Timlin,

John Harvey Scott Mitchell book.

Bond

Eugene Izzi, David Bowker, Trevanian, Tom Sharpe, John Skipp/Craig Spector,

Not too sure if I have seen the film or not.

Definitely not crime.
Manchester author.

Eugene Izzi

Kelly series book.

The end!
Highlights......well I always enjoy a book from Eugene Izzi, I like the look of the Littell books and the John Milne. Moira from CiB liked the Justin Scott, so I ought to air that at some point soon.

Lowlights...nothing especially. I have read Andy McNab before and enjoyed him, but I haven't rushed back to him which begs the question - why get all his books? I'll enjoy them when I read them, but just hope it isn't a case of reading the same book again and again and again!


FULL LIST OF 50........

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BISHOP PATRICK FOLLOW ME HOME 2009 F
BOWKER DAVID RAWHEAD 2002 F
BROWNLEE NICK BAIT 2008 J+J1 F
BUKOWSKI CHARLES HOT WATER MUSIC 1983 F
CRUZ SMITH MARTIN STALIN'S GHOST 2007 AR6 F
DEIGHTON LEN SS-GB 1978 F
DRYDEN ALEX RED TO BLACK 2008 F1 F
EVANS CHRIS IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK 2009 N
FLEMING IAN LIVE AND LET DIE 1954 JB2 F
GIMENEZ MARK ACCUSED 2010 SF2 F
HARVEY MICHAEL THE THIRD RAIL 2010 MK3 F
HARVEY JOHN NEON MADMAN 1977 SM4 F
HAYES TEDDY DEAD BY POPULAR DEMAND 2000 F
HIGGINS GEORGE V. A YEAR OR SO WITH EDGAR 1979 F
IZZI EUGENE A MATTER OF HONOR 1997 F
JONES MATTHEW F. A SINGLE SHOT 1996 F
KERNICK SIMON THE BUSINESS OF DYING 2002 DM1 F
LEWIS TED BOLDT 1976 F
LIEBERMAN HERBERT CITY OF THE DEAD 1976 F
LITTELL ROBERT THE REVOLUTIONIST 1988 F
LITTELL ROBERT VICIOUS CIRCLE 2006 F
LITTELL ROBERT WALKING BACK THE CAT 1996 F
LITTELL ROBERT THE VISITING PROFESSOR 1993 F
LUDLUM ROBERT THE MATLOCK PAPER 1973 F
MACBRIDE STUART FLESH HOUSE 2008 LMCR4 F
MALONE MICHAEL UNCIVIL SEASONS 1983 S+M1 F
McNAB ANDY BRUTE FORCE 2008 NS11 F
McNAB ANDY REMOTE CONTROL 1997 NS1 F
McNAB ANDY CROSSFIRE 2007 NS10 F
McNAB ANDY RECOIL 2006 NS9 F
McNAB ANDY ZERO HOUR 2010 NS13 F
McNAB ANDY LIBERATION DAY 2002 NS5 F
McNAB ANDY EXIT WOUND 2009 NS12 F
McNAB ANDY CRISIS FOUR 1999 NS2 F
McNAB ANDY DARK WINTER 2003 NS6 F
MILNE JOHN ALIVE AND KICKING 1998 JJ4 F
MOORE ROBIN THE FRENCH CONNECTION 1970 N
PARKER NORMAN PARKHURST TALES 1995 N
SCOTT JUSTIN FROSTLINE 1997 BA3 F
SCOTT JUSTIN HARDSCAPE 1994 BA1 F
SEYMOUR GERALD RED FOX 1979 F
SHARPE TOM PORTERHOUSE BLUE 1974 PB1 F
SILVA DANIEL THE KILL ARTIST 2000 GA1 F
SKIPP/SPECTOR JOHN/CRAIG THE CLEAN UP 1987 F
SMITH TOM ROB AGENT 6 2011 LD3 F
TARANTINO QUENTIN JACKIE BROWN 1997 F
THOMPSON JIM THE GOLDEN GIZMO 1954 F
THOMSON KEITH TWICE A SPY 2010 DC1 F
TIMLIN MARK FIND MY WAY HOME 1996 NS12 F
TREVANIAN THE EIGER SANCTION 1972 JH1 F
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14 comments:

  1. Anonymous20 April 2015 at 04:24

    Lots of Littell this time, Col. That's an author I haven't (yet) tried; I'll be keen to know what you think. Noticed you have a Ludlum too. That was my first real introduction to espionage thrillers.

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    1. col291020 April 2015 at 04:46

      Margot, yes Littell aplenty - more to come in following weeks! Not too many Ludlum's - this and his Bourne books I think, which should be sufficient for me.

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  2. Clothes In Books20 April 2015 at 13:31

    That's some seriously manly stuff! LIttle there to tempt me apart from, as you say, the Justin Scott - I do like his books. I can't imagine what that cover image is, though, it seems to bear little relation to the book....

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    1. col291020 April 2015 at 20:44

      Maybe when I read them we might have something else for you.

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  3. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 20:49

    What type of author is Tom Sharpe? Does he write crime fiction? I did buy one book by him, forget title but I'm told his work is humorous. The only Bukowski I've read was Post Office which was great (not crime fiction either).

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    1. col291021 April 2015 at 21:25

      Sharpe is, according to wiki, a satirical novelist. I have read one of his and enjoyed it, but haven't rushed to the rest. I loved Post Office by Bukowski - yeah not crime either but I like his writing. Makes a bit of a change from murder this, murder that....

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    2. Anonymous22 April 2015 at 07:08

      He did write a mystery novel. I've just not read it yet - Pulp (1994). His last completed novel. I think I will go ahead and read it. Sounds interesting about a detective who solves his cases by "waiting them out."

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    3. col291022 April 2015 at 07:14

      Haha - boom lightbulb moment - I think I have all his novels (6 maybe?) including this, not uncovered it yet in the stacks (tubs). I kind of assumed it was in a similar vein to his other stuff.....semi-autobiographical, day to day working, drinking, more drinking, a bit of writing, more drinking...apparently not.
      I hope I find it soon!

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  4. TracyK22 April 2015 at 15:42

    You have a Littell that I do not have... The Revolutionist. It sounds interesting. Hope you read it and review it sometime.

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  5. Prashant C. Trikannad23 April 2015 at 01:55

    Col, Andy McNab is absolutely new to me, so I'll have to check out his books. The only Robin Moore novel I read was DUBAI and I recommend it, though I haven't read THE FRENCH CONNECTION (seen the film, of course). Gerald Seymour and Jim Thompson are already on my wishlist. Tom Sharpe is hilarious. I read him years ago and am sitting on half a dozen of his novels with their well-illustrated covers.

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    1. col291023 April 2015 at 01:59

      I initially thought THE FRENCH CONNECTION was a novel but when checking the dates it's classed at non-fiction. I doubt I will read anything else by the author, but he seems to have written a fair bit.

      Sharpe I have read one of so far and liked it okay. The cover art is similar on a lot of his books, which does draw you in.

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  6. skiourophile26 April 2015 at 00:13

    That's such a great box full of aggro blokey books - surprised they haven't been fighting it out in the box. ;-)

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    1. col291026 April 2015 at 00:29

      I may well have been disturbed the other night, by the sound of fisticuffs in the attic. I reckon McNab is probably a bit of a hard b'stard...so I think he won!

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