tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post6742604973565476708..comments2024-03-21T02:39:18.144-07:00Comments on COL'S CRIMINAL LIBRARY: LIAM McILVANNEY - WHERE THE DEAD MEN GOcol2910http://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-39574621462719137542013-10-09T23:38:46.039-07:002013-10-09T23:38:46.039-07:00Agreed! Agreed! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-88124272507502744722013-10-09T21:13:01.053-07:002013-10-09T21:13:01.053-07:00Col, not much different. I'd have played safe ...Col, not much different. I'd have played safe anyway. I have never written about my journalistic experiences mostly in social, economic, and political areas. It's more fun writing about books and movies.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-62775629092681408752013-10-09T21:01:29.679-07:002013-10-09T21:01:29.679-07:00Tracy - I expect the sale has stocked the shelves ...Tracy - I expect the sale has stocked the shelves up for you nicely. <br />I'm trying to recall when I last read a series out of sequence and I can't to be honest. It's something that doesn't sit well with me. I think I'm a bit anal about it - I have lots of Nesbo's Harry Hole books waiting, but won't start because the 2nd in the series hasn't yet been published in English even though he's up to number 10 now. I can read a one-off book from a series, if I know I'm not going to read more or follow it - eg Camilla Lackberg, I tried one of her books earlier this year. But then if it had thrilled me, where I felt I had to read everything she wrote, I would have started at book 1 and then re-read the same book to enjoy the chronology. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-33520260915979630462013-10-09T20:51:21.249-07:002013-10-09T20:51:21.249-07:00Prashant, I'm trying to imagine how different ...Prashant, I'm trying to imagine how different your blog might be if you had pursued that life of "crime!" Better the safe path I think.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-74889910833540434922013-10-09T14:18:14.992-07:002013-10-09T14:18:14.992-07:00Sounds pretty good, but not sure I will be picking...Sounds pretty good, but not sure I will be picking up new authors for a while. I will remind Glen to check this review out. It might appeal to him. I am curious, have you had any problems where you have skipped the earlier novels in a series? TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-65328527685315325522013-10-09T10:36:29.257-07:002013-10-09T10:36:29.257-07:00A crime reporter involved in crime? I might read t...A crime reporter involved in crime? I might read this book, Col. I covered crime very briefly in the very late eighties but got away before something like this could happen. I took up the relatively safe civic administration beat!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-67216576041984226092013-10-09T05:23:27.197-07:002013-10-09T05:23:27.197-07:00Margot thanks. I'll be reading his first at so...Margot thanks. I'll be reading his first at some point and more from his father in due course. <br />I have other families on the shelves across the generations......Amis and Kellerman spring to mind immediately. col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-56161002613086249162013-10-09T04:24:06.993-07:002013-10-09T04:24:06.993-07:00Col - Glad you enjoyed this. I'd been hearing ...Col - Glad you enjoyed this. I'd been hearing some good things about it. So interesting to see how writing passes from generation to generation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-32717941320649659732013-10-09T00:19:28.084-07:002013-10-09T00:19:28.084-07:00Moira, yes I believe he is....a chip off the old b...Moira, yes I believe he is....a chip off the old block - I only read Laidlaw last year and thought it was great. <br />Lowlife Glasgow crime...we'll agree to disagree then! col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2109031751968258131.post-55682596958816490302013-10-09T00:10:30.026-07:002013-10-09T00:10:30.026-07:00Is he William McIlvanney's son? I remember rea...Is he William McIlvanney's son? I remember reading and loving Laidlaw many years ago, whereas now I don't find the idea of lowlife Glasgow crime so attractive...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.com