Halfway now, I reckon or just over.....tub 44 and all its mysteries......
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| Tub 44 |
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| Peter Straub, Irvine Welsh, |
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| James Sallis, Anthony Frewin, Niall Griffiths, |
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| No idea what its about - great cover though. |
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| Frewin as good as Derek Raymond? |
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| Niall Griffiths, John Irving, S.J. Rozan, Maureen Carter, Thom Jones, |
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| Midlands crime |
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| Norman Mailer, Elmore Leonard, Stuart Neville, Richard Ford, Martin Amis, |
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| Short story collection, |
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| Markus Zusak, Colin Bateman, T.C. Boyle, Mark Brandon Read, Lance Armstrong, |
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| All American hero! |
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| Australian author of The Book Thief! |
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| T.C. Boyle |
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| Jon Savage, Fred Willard, Derick Allsop, Norman Parker, Val McDermid, |
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| Norman Parker - time behind bars! |
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| Best title and best cover - Fred Willard |
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| Football life at Rochdale! |
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| Ian Rankin, Mark Billingham, John Sandford, Irvine Welsh, John Harvey, |
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| English crime |
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| Jason Pinter - Henry Parker novel. |
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| Charlie Priest series book, |
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| John LeCarre, Hakan Nesser, |
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| John Hodge, Ron Ellis, Martyn Waites, |
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| John Hodge Screenplay - Irvine Welsh novel |
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| UK Crime Magazine - Bullet |
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| Top 100 Noirs from Al Guthrie - at one time I entertained the notion of tracking them all down. |
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| Stephen Hunter, Len Deighton, Donald James, Quintin Jardine, David Morrell, |
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| Harry Palmer book |
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David Hosp, Robert Wilson, Stuart Woods, Richard Montanari, John Harvey,
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| Crime-cum-thriller-cum-horror? |
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| John Irving, Craig Russell, Jason Pinter, Stuart Pawson, |
HIGHLIGHTS......John Irving, Colin Bateman, Anthony Frewin, Fred Willard
LOWLIGHTS...... none - they all look fairly good to me - no regrets!
FULL LIST OF 50:
| AUTHOR |
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TITLE |
YEAR |
SERIES |
FICTION/NON |
| ALLSOP |
DERRICK |
KICKING IN THE WIND |
1996 |
|
N |
| AMIS |
MARTIN |
TIME'S ARROW |
1991 |
|
F |
| ARMSTRONG |
LANCE |
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE: MY JOURNEY BACK TO LIFE |
2000 |
|
N |
| BATEMAN |
COLIN |
OF WEE SWEETIE MICE AND MEN |
1996 |
DS2 |
F |
| BILLINGHAM |
MARK |
THE BURNING GIRL |
2004 |
TT4 |
F |
| BOYLE |
T. C. |
TALK TALK |
2006 |
|
F |
| CARTER |
MAUREEN |
DEAD OLD |
2005 |
BM2 |
F |
| DEIGHTON |
LEN |
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN |
1966 |
HP4 |
F |
| ELLIS |
RON |
GRAVE MISTAKE |
2001 |
JA5 |
F |
| FORD |
RICHARD |
ROCK SPRINGS |
1987 |
|
F |
| FREWIN |
ANTHONY |
SCORPIAN RISING |
1999 |
|
F |
| GRIFFITHS |
NIALL |
STUMP |
2003 |
|
F |
| GRIFFITHS |
NIALL |
KELLY + VICTOR |
2002 |
|
F |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
DARKNESS & LIGHT |
2006 |
FE3 |
F |
| HARVEY |
JOHN |
IN A TRUE LIGHT |
2001 |
|
F |
| HODGE |
JOHN |
TRAINSPOTTING: THE SCREENPLAY |
1996 |
|
F |
| HOSP |
DAVID |
DARK HARBOUR |
2005 |
SF1 |
F |
| HUNTER |
STEPHEN |
DIRTY WHITE BOYS |
1994 |
|
F |
| IRVING |
JOHN |
UNTIL I FIND YOU |
2005 |
|
F |
| IRVING |
JOHN |
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES |
1985 |
|
F |
| JAMES |
DONALD |
MONSTRUM |
1997 |
CV1 |
F |
| JARDINE |
QUINTIN |
HEAD SHOT |
2002 |
BS12 |
F |
| JEFFREY |
KEITH |
BULLET 4 (ed.) |
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|
F |
| JONES |
THOM |
SONNY LISTON WAS A FRIEND OF MINE |
1998 |
|
F |
| LE CARRE |
JOHN |
OUR GAME |
1995 |
|
F |
| LEONARD |
ELMORE |
WHEN THE WOMEN COME OUT TO DANCE |
2002 |
|
F |
| MAILER |
NORMAN |
THE NAKED AND THE DEAD |
1948 |
|
F |
| McDERMID |
VAL |
STAR STRUCK |
1998 |
KB6 |
F |
| MONTANARI |
RICHARD |
THE SKIN GODS |
2006 |
JB+KB2 |
F |
| MORRELL |
DAVID |
THE LEAGUE OF NIGHT AND FOG |
1987 |
M3 |
F |
| NESSER |
HAKAN |
THE UNLUCKY LOTTERY |
2011 |
IVV6 |
F |
| NEVILLE |
STUART |
COLLUSION |
2010 |
JLI2 |
F |
| PARKER |
NORMAN |
IN THE COMPANY OF KILLERS |
1999 |
|
N |
| PAWSON |
STUART |
THE MUSHROOM MAN |
1995 |
DICP2 |
F |
| PINTER |
JASON |
THE STOLEN |
2008 |
HP3 |
F |
| RANKIN |
IAN |
FLESHMARKET CLOSE |
2004 |
IR15 |
F |
| READ |
MARK BRANDON |
CHOPPER 4 |
1994 |
|
N |
| ROZAN |
S. J. |
TRAIL OF BLOOD |
2009 |
BS+LC9 |
F |
| RUSSELL |
CRAIG |
LENNOX |
2009 |
L1 |
F |
| SALLIS |
JAMES |
EYE OF THE CRICKET |
1997 |
LG4 |
F |
| SANDFORD |
JOHN |
MORTAL PREY |
2002 |
LD13 |
F |
| SAVAGE |
JON |
ENGLAND'S DREAMING |
1991 |
|
N |
| STRAUB |
PETER |
FLOATING DRAGON |
1982 |
|
F |
| WAITES |
MARTYN |
BONE MACHINE |
2007 |
JD2 |
F |
| WELSH |
IRVINE |
SKAGBOYS |
2012 |
T3 |
F |
| WELSH |
IRVINE |
IF YOU LIKED SCHOOL, YOU'LL LOVE WORK |
2007 |
|
F |
| WILLARD |
FRED |
PRINCESS NAUGHTY AND THE VOODOO CADILLAC |
2000 |
|
F |
| WILSON |
ROBERT |
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS |
2001 |
|
F |
| WOODS |
STUART |
UNDER THE LAKE |
1986 |
|
F |
| ZUSAK |
MARKUS |
GETTING THE GIRL |
2003 |
WB3 |
F |
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Col, I have never read Martin Amis who, if I'm not mistaken, was quite a sensation when he burst on the literary scene. John Irving is one of my favourite writers though I haven't read either of the novels in your tub. I do plan to read "The Cider House Rules."
ReplyDeleteSo far my experience with Amis has been mixed. Style over substance. I saw the film of THE CIDER HOUSE RULES not too long ago, so I probably don't feel the need to read it quite so soon. I'm sure I read the other one 20-odd years ago. It's one of his shorter books!
DeleteCol, I have seen the movie too, which is the reason I want to read the book.
DeleteIt was a great film - nice seeing Tobey Maguire as someone other than Spiderman. Michael Caine was excellent too.
DeleteYou do have quite the tubful there, Col. Leonard, McDermid, Neville, and lots more I think you'll like. Looking forward to seeing what you think of them when you get there.
ReplyDeleteMargot - more books than sense perhaps, but yes plenty to look forward to!
DeleteI liked Robert Wilson's In the Company of Strangers. I did not recognize S. J. Rozan's Trail of Blood, but it is just an alternate title to Shanghai Moon. That was the least favorite of her books that I read, but I really really like that series. I have read almost all of her books.
ReplyDeleteMy wife has read one of the Rojan's and liked it but I haven't tried the series yet. I've read the one Wilson book so far, but am struggling to recall too much about it.
DeleteOoops....Rozan!
DeleteRock Springs is one of my favourite short story collections. Times Arrow is fun. It's like Amis doing a cover version of Kurt Vonnegut, really.
ReplyDeleteI've not yet tried anything from Richard Ford, I think I have The Sportswriter somewhere, but I'll go short before I go long. I'm now optimistic about the Amis!
DeleteAnother very good tubful! Don't you sometimes get the temptation to start reading them all at once?
ReplyDeleteIt's a bit overwhelming really - where do I start?
DeleteAnthony Frewin? Derek Raymond? New to me. Wikipedia said novelist Frewin was the assistant to Stanley Kubrick. Raymond, it said, was a crime writer and the “founder of British noir.” Could that be true? What about Gerald Kersh (NIGHT AND THE CITY)?
ReplyDeleteElgin - Kersh is a good shout. I would recommend Raymond's series of Factory novels, though should point out I have yet to read him. They are supposed to be fairly bleak. 5 in total. Frewin and especially this book of his looks intriguing.
DeleteQuite a collection - lots of good authors and some that are new to me.... get those reviews going!
ReplyDeleteOne of the better tubs possibly.....at the minute I'm running about 7 reviews behind...that'll teach me to have a couple of weeks off!
DeleteYeah, It Wasn't About the Bike... ;-)
ReplyDeleteHaha, thought you'd dropped by to tell me you and your fellow citizens had donated some more of your taxes to good ol' Lance!
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