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[JohnWH]

You might want to have a look at Travellers in the Third Reich and Hitler's People also. The former i have read and thought excellent, the latter is in the current 'to be read' pile.

Added to my shopping cart. The descriptions do take my interest. Much appreciated.

 

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[ajsccfc]

Ever read the Friends of Eddie Coyle? That's a good crime based book set back in the 70s.

Not heard of it before but a brief glimpse suggests it's right up my street so I'll have a look for that one, cheers

 

[CCFC_Irish]

A gentleman in Moscow

 

[ajsccfc]

I'm making a conscious effort to read more this year and so far so good (although maybe not in terms of variety, another crime book finished and I've started another since)

King of Ashes by SA Cosby, a successful finance wiz returns to his home town when his father has a car accident only to find that it was no accident and is linked to his brother getting involved with some wrong'uns, delves into their family history and his plan to get them all out of trouble. Absolutely unhinged villains, main character wrestling with their morals, little twists without being overly twisty. Listened to this one and the narrator is fantastic too, he's also narrated Cosby's previous books so there's more added to my list.

 

[ajsccfc]

Finished The Getaway by Jim Thompson, fucking hell. It's 90% an exciting crime caper with two people on the run after a bank robbery and then becomes a surreal horror, had to read the final chapter twice to take it in properly. They've made two film versions of it with neither even trying to tackle the 'proper' ending, probably for the best.

Next up is James, I loved both Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and this is a telling of the matter from the viewpoint of Jim, can't wait.