I used to buy extra used copies of Cyrano anytime I saw one at a used bookstore so I'd aways have one on hand to throw into someone's lap whenever they said they'd never read it.
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A fake travelogue of a journey up the river Thames taken by three jovial, opinionated, bickering friends. Despite the fact that it was written in 1889, the sensibility still seems very modern and most of the jokes are still quite funny.
A charming light book — Isn’t there a crazed sexton who keeps badgering J. and Harris to come and see some skulls in the church crypt? And an episode involving three strong cheeses that get buried on a beach as the owner is eager to be rid of them, turning the place into a health resort?
I haven't gotten to the church part yet, but I read the bit about the strong cheese beach burial last night.
For the last several years I have read an Irish related book during the month of March. This year I was hoping to find a cultural history of Ireland, but never found what I was looking for. So I picked up Angela's Ashes and it is quite good so far. Anyone have any Irish related books I can look into for next year?
I read this one a while back, but it is very well researched and written. I have read most of everything Cahill has written. I highly recommend.
My very...interesting aunt gave my a great book about the IRA and its history which as you know, is itself and its ideas present through most of Ireland's recent 150+ years of history and touched on many of them from that lens. I'll see if I can find it.
She got into some trouble in the 1980s for donating a significant amount to the "widow's and orphans " funds that allegedly didn't exactly go to the stated folks.
Found it
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Why not some light reading, such as Finnegan’s Wake?
Oceans Ventured
I just started this book by Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy. It looks interesting. Describes the cold war period in the 1980's.
I just started this book by Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy. It looks interesting. Describes the cold war period in the 1980's.
I actually put the Lehman book down since it was too detailed about Congressional / navy bureaucratic infighting and various training exercises to annoy the Russians, etc. If someone was in the navy or administration at that time, it would probably be very interesting.