I have a few.
Rupert Thomson - he hasn't published anything for a while but his novels are really interesting, weirdly dreamlike and always thought provoking. Brilliant. The Insult or Book of Revelations are a good place to start but I like them all.
Aravind Adiga - you've probably read him as you like your Indian shiz, but he's good.
Although it's totally different, a book I am almost as fond of as A Fine Balance is Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. I love it.
Oh yeah, also T C Boyle - brilliant. Drop City, Budding Prospects, Water Music, World's End (fantastic), any of them really. Huge.
While I'm on the American thing, Jonathan Franzen.
Jonathan Coe. If you went to university in the 80s and were interested in politics in the 90s The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle you will enjoy.
Any Richard Price for crime, especially Clockers. Also Lush Life. The Scandinavian crime writers like Nesb? are cool at the moment and good but there were some good British ones as well like Michael Dibdin and Robert Wilson who used foreign detective stories. Good holiday reading IMO.
Paul Theroux is also someone I love reading, whether it's his travel books or novels. There's lots of them and they're usually good. Dark Star Safari, Millroy the Magician, My Secret History etc.
Chuck Palahniuk? Russell Hoban? Ben Richards? Magnus Mills? All worth a read.
Roger's Profanisaurus for reference.
And as it's me, Hans Fallada - Jeder stirbt f?r sich allein (Alone in Berlin) has been a big hit over the last year, not just in Germany. It was written in 1947 but reads very fresh.
Posted By: APB on December 30th 2011 at 08:51:08
Message Thread
- FAO: AB and other reading wrothers. Latest book recommendations please. Want to load up (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Dec 30, 07:41:42
- I'm reading the Ben Hope series on my that-there Kindle. (General Chat) - Arganth, Dec 30, 13:27:08
- red mist by patricia cornwell is good (General Chat) - revsimon, Dec 30, 12:41:53
- How about my book? (General Chat) - Declan, Dec 30, 11:04:48
- I quite like Stephen leather (General Chat) - Mickdundee, Dec 30, 10:03:17
- do some Christopher Brookmyer's (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 30, 09:51:03
- oh, and do some listening to Radio Moscow - they're like Rival Sons but better (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 30, 09:51:49
- Not fiction but (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Dec 30, 09:26:51
- I have a few. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 08:51:08
- Brill, cheers spunkle. A good 10 or so there I hint read. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Dec 30, 09:09:09
- You could also get Todge to lend some holiday reading. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 09:14:56
- Brill, cheers spunkle. A good 10 or so there I hint read. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Dec 30, 09:09:09
- Game of Thrones is good if you like fantasybollocks. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 07:55:35
- Chaucer said cunt as well. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 08:59:18
- He was a boy wuntee. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 09:01:15
- Ahead of his time. A lad for the middle ages. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 09:04:43
- He was a boy wuntee. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 09:01:15
- Which I do, watched some of the tele one, got a bit silly though. Any more medievals to (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Dec 30, 08:42:39
- No, no new medievals. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 08:57:00
- Yew new wot oi mean (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 09:16:27
- Could you really have *new* medievals? (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 09:08:16
- No, no new medievals. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 08:57:00
- Apart from that the last fiction I got stuck into was Jo Nesb? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 08:04:22
- good call (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, Dec 30, 12:38:56
- I thought there were 8 books out in the series? (n/m) (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Dec 30, 10:39:40
- Oslo is nice. Fucking expensive tho. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Dec 30, 08:26:12
- ?9 a pint when I was there last year (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Dec 30, 09:08:21
- All scandinavia is super expensive isn't it? (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 30, 08:30:53
- K?benhavn is probably the best price wise. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 09:03:51
- Chaucer said cunt as well. (General Chat) - APB, Dec 30, 08:59:18
- i am currently enjoying lee child (General Chat) - Clean Shirt, Dec 30, 07:54:25
Reply to Message
In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.
If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.