tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post1055314696107289516..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: JONATHAN LATIMER - RED GARDENIAScol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-50450904584087996062014-07-31T20:40:58.776-07:002014-07-31T20:40:58.776-07:00Tracy, I would be hard pushed to recommend this on...Tracy, I would be hard pushed to recommend this one. I won't be reading anything else apart from Solomon's Vineyard. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-40465627744147702122014-07-31T15:41:43.548-07:002014-07-31T15:41:43.548-07:00This one sounds good to me (or at least the author...This one sounds good to me (or at least the author does). Racial slurs, etc. are unpleasant but still sounds like I would want to try one of this author's books.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-68243796464965028822014-07-31T02:25:23.024-07:002014-07-31T02:25:23.024-07:00Vicki, I don't think so. For years I always wa...Vicki, I don't think so. For years I always wanted to see A Clockwork Orange which was banned for years in the UK. Ditto - Natural Born Killers. Needless to say, both when watched were suitably underwhelming,<br />I'm hoping for 3rd time lucky! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-87934369746600648302014-07-31T01:45:45.544-07:002014-07-31T01:45:45.544-07:00Is there a more tempting word than "banned&qu...Is there a more tempting word than "banned"?! I think we're all skipping this one and urging you to hurry with the other!skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-16276998478888465152014-07-30T06:18:54.453-07:002014-07-30T06:18:54.453-07:00I wouldn't have you waste valuable reading tim...I wouldn't have you waste valuable reading time on this Moira. I'll take one for the team! Solomon's Vineyard was suppressed (but not in the UK) because of the sex, which no doubt seems tame these days.<br />http://www.harringtonbooks.co.uk/pages/books/40392/jonathan-latimer/solomons-vineyard col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-46320657198534491252014-07-30T06:13:28.138-07:002014-07-30T06:13:28.138-07:00Not the best book of the month but at no point was...Not the best book of the month but at no point was I tempted to stop reading, but I would have preferred a cold pint!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-48601750910600531852014-07-30T05:09:10.885-07:002014-07-30T05:09:10.885-07:00Obviously an interesting contribution to the 1939 ...Obviously an interesting contribution to the 1939 meme, and I liked your thoughtful comments on the racism/misogyny issue. But I don't think you'll be persuading many of us to read it - you have read it for us. I'm interested in the banned book though - you need to dig it out and tell us what was so bad about it...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-46378243954003154422014-07-30T04:49:44.757-07:002014-07-30T04:49:44.757-07:00Col - That's an interesting point about the &#...Col - That's an interesting point about the '-isms' of books like this one. Sometimes it is hard to tell whether the characters reflect their era, or whether it's really ugly racism/misogyny, etc... I'm glad you found this one not too bad overall, even if it wasn't exactly a refreshing cold pint on a hot day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-45908269621805366682014-07-30T02:51:08.650-07:002014-07-30T02:51:08.650-07:00Prashant, maybe another time I wouldn't have f...Prashant, maybe another time I wouldn't have found it so off-putting. Funny how details mentioned in the blurb passed me right on by.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-36178484624832038362014-07-30T02:40:55.366-07:002014-07-30T02:40:55.366-07:00Col, I haven't read the John Buchan novel yet....Col, I haven't read the John Buchan novel yet. I often tend to overlook or sail past issues like racism and gender in a novel, especially if they are subtle. If it's there I don't see it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-48840994126569303572014-07-30T02:12:44.113-07:002014-07-30T02:12:44.113-07:00A recent modern read in March - In the Course of H...A recent modern read in March - In the Course of Human Events concerned the economic downturn in the US and how our protagonist was seduced by white Aryan supremacists and there were a lot of casual acts of racism within the book, which I could understand as the author was driving a point.<br /><br />I suppose my issue here is that Bill Crane was supposed to be the good guy and he ought to be warm, cuddly, likeable - maybe not totally flawless but the casual throwaway remarks, just annoy me. I probably don't read enough fiction from this period for me to be immune or accustomed to it maybe. I also noticed a lot of remarks concerning "the Jews" in Buchan's Thirty-Nine Steps, a book which was somewhat earlier. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-75660546381047608192014-07-30T02:00:50.796-07:002014-07-30T02:00:50.796-07:00Col, I have come to accept racism in early novels,...Col, I have come to accept racism in early novels, especially war and western, certainly those seventy-five years old and more. In fact, I don't recall coming across racism in the modern novels that I read.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com