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BTW, mentioned Salinger because I read all his published novels around that age and loved them. Also read the Gormenghast trilogy and lots of Kafka; Camus; Orwell & Graham Greene about that age (being honest I was about 17 - so possibly a little older). It's all about teenage angst then right?

Wow, I love both of the other two books you mention. Confederacy of Dunces had me laughing out loud. Read On the Road about 30 years ago and remember enjoying it. But I know what you mean about wanting to complete a book you are not enjoying but sometimes giving in anyway. I've tried Conrad...

This explains what I have been reading on social media politics discussions. So many people writing that the Tories want to increase debt because they get the money from their friends the Rothschilds... So many people who respond that I'm naive when I explain to them how the country really...

I have never read one either, but I bought a book of collected stories a year or so ago when a friend recommended them to me. I'd always wrongly assumed that it wouldn't be well written. I'm always tempted by these big books of collected novels but then I never get around to reading them...

I googled it - she is a transsexual - quite incredible.

Long time since I read it. It's about a guy born at midnight on the day of partition between India and Pakistan. I remember that as a result he has an incredible sense of smell. Cannot recall much more just now but if you look on Amazon there will be loads of reviews.

FIGHT!

That's never a transsexual surely?

I was exposed to a lot of gay people when I left home at 18. I remember being disturbed when I first saw two blokes kissing but I guess it just became normal.

I haven't read the Satanic Verses - but I'd recommend Midnight's Children, which is right up there amongst the best novels I've read. I also think it influenced Zadie Smith heavily on White Teeth. I've a huge pile of books to read as I buy what I want when I see it in a charity shop etc...

I have no issue with it. :)

Well done SBT.

Bollocks, it's decreased every single year since 2010.

Here we go again, the old 'vile' chestnut. It's not vile to work within constraints to do the best for the country that is feasible; to reduce tax for the lowest paid; to create an environment which creates jobs and opportunities. It's certainly very different from your views on how to...

What a game that must have been versus Luton. Who'd have thought that all three of the goals would make the Goal of the Month shortlist?

Come on Iain. We all now they *said* it was costed but it was completely mad and unrealistic. None of the nationalisations were costed. They assumed that all they had to do was ask companies and wealthy people to pay more tax and they would cough up - as if tax rates and tax take is linear...

In case people are unaware, you should be warned that not a single penny collected by the Foo Fighters goes towards fighting foo.

Sorry you didn't understand the point Tone, fortunately others did and have explained

NHS Boss in request for more money for NHS shocker. In other news, Pope wants more people to become Catholics and Mrs. May wants people to vote Conservative.

Tone, I'm not replying to you because it's pointless, not because I think you are right. My original point was to point out the absurdity of your inference that spending on the nhs would not increase. You have accepted the point.