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Post by bella on Jan 18, 2023 15:24:13 GMT
Yes, both his book and Chris Ryan's "the one that got away" were said to be a bit economical with the truth, to be honest i found them to be good reading, even if later there were some doubts, there's an ex SAS bloke called Asher that tried to show the real mission, his story too seems a bit vague so who the fuck knows what really happened.
Another one of the patrol called Coburn wrote "soldier 5" which after all the debriefings is generally accepted by the top brass to be nearest the truth, so much so that there was some sort of block put on it for whatever reason.
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Post by pantah on Jan 18, 2023 18:19:18 GMT
So, not reviewed a book in a while so here goes you lucky cunts. A Place of Execution by Val MacDermid A young girl goes missing in rural northern England in the 60s. The strong suspicion is that she has been raped and murdered but without a body, evidence will be difficult to secure. Decades after the case, an investigative journalist contacts the senior investigating officer to write a book about the case but new information comes to light and he abruptly ends their collaboration. I'd only ever read one Val MacDermid book before, can't remember what it was called but I wasn't all that impressed. I therefore embarked on this book with pronounced apathy and that, combined with a relatively slow start to the book, meant that it took ages to get through. Well, if the start was slow, the ending certainly made up for it. Often with crime novels, 90% of the plot is crammed into the last chapter and that can often feel heavily edited (as it probably is) but in this case the balance is perfect. You might guess at a bit of the twist buy the full reveal is not only unexpected but also throws up a multitude of ethical questions. It very cleverly corners the reader into making their own judgement on guilt and punishment. Admittedly the first half of this book could have been scythed to an extent to encourage greater initial investment from the reader but this would undoubtedly have lessened the impact of the ending. As it is, it's one of the finest crime thrillers I've ever read and is absolutely ripe for a movie adaptation. 8/10, no tits but... I recently read the 2nd book in the Karen Pirie series (1st one was on the telly which gave me the inspiration), it was an excellent read too. Made me read another. Currently reading an auto biography by Mark Lanegan of The Screaming Trees. Who you may ask? I was unaware of the cunt too but they were a Seattle based band and he was a good mate of Kurt Cobain. Fucking serious drinker and heroin addict but can tell a good story. |
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Post by pantah on Jan 18, 2023 18:27:50 GMT
Try reading the Penguin book of garden birds.
There's some great tits in that.
That's ma coat on 😄
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jan 18, 2023 21:59:57 GMT
That Mark Lanegan book is meant to be utterly mental. I've heard a couple of the stories from it and the boy could certainly put it away. 'It' being anything he could get his fucking hands on.
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Post by pantah on Jan 19, 2023 8:37:54 GMT
That Mark Lanegan book is meant to be utterly mental. I've heard a couple of the stories from it and the boy could certainly put it away. 'It' being anything he could get his fucking hands on. He is a crazy fucker and totally self destructive but his writing, I'm assuming it's actually him, is superb and hooks you into his weird world. |
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Post by elnoodle the reasonable on Jan 19, 2023 11:18:54 GMT
Was a crazy fucker.
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Post by mekon on Jan 19, 2023 14:54:09 GMT
Pantah didn't even realise Joan Rivers was dead. Cut him some slack.
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Post by pantah on Jan 19, 2023 16:00:41 GMT
Is,was, who cares. I knew that the cunt was/is dead
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Post by no66 on Jan 21, 2023 20:38:14 GMT
Been going trough tonnes of audiobooks the past 2 years. Quite a lot of sci-fi. Right now I'm listning to Desmod Bagley to take a break for sci-fi.
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