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Rona Maynard's avatar

Lucky Jim might be the funniest book I’ve ever read. We were both around 20 when I discovered it and have grown old together. It’s time to rekindle our bond.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

I prefer his later work--green man, biographers moustache

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Joel Bowman's avatar

On a less literary note, Kingsley wrote a hilarious "guide" called Everyday Drinking. Not so useful during dry January... but a good enough reason to ignore dry January, if you need one.

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Rona Maynard's avatar

I never need a reason to ignored January, but it does sound fun.

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Joel Bowman's avatar

Imagine traveling to Ireland to celebrate that first Bloomsday and seeing Flann O'Brien, Patrick Kavanagh and Anthony Cronin casually bar hopping Joyce's Dublin in a horse-drawn coach...

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Quite a sight!

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Tom Herbert's avatar

I read Catcher in the Rye while riding home in a school bus. We thought we were rebels.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Haha the joy of fiction

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Martin Black's avatar

Freya Stark's 'Ionia - a Quest' was published in 1954, one of my favourite travel books.

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Henry Oliver's avatar

Don’t know it shall add to my list

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melindawrubin's avatar

Do you keep a single list? A categorized list? Do you have a method less random than my endless snatches of paper with scrawled authors’ names and titles?

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Henry Oliver's avatar

No just a bit internal list ... not very systematic

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