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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
    Next: "Daddy we hardly knew you" by Germaine Greer.
    Done: off to Oxfam with it. Inneresting enough.

    Next: "The loved one" by Evelyn Waugh. The Septic funeral business in California. It's short.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 4 April 2026, 08:31.
    When the fun stops, STOP.

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      Dan Wheatcroft - the leveller series.

      The second in the series is a free ebook. So I read that first and then paid for the other two. Quite good but a bit hard to follow.
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        Ken McCleod's 'lightspeed' trilogy.
        quite entertaining. Enough so to start some of his other works.
        He who Hingeth aboot, Getteth Hee Haw. https://forums.contractoruk.com/core...ies/smokin.gif

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          Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
          Next: "The loved one" by Evelyn Waugh. The Septic funeral business in California. It's short.
          Done: off to Oxfam with it.

          Next: "Black Mischief" by Evelyn Waugh. The earlier appearance of Basil Seal who reappears 10 years later in "Put out more flags".

          One can see how some of the language might offend those afflicted by a fit of the vapours these benighted days, things were different 94 years ago.

          Amusing enough with a nasty twist at the end. Yum.

          Fascinating that "The Tablet" was rather more upset by failing to fast on Good Friday, contraceptives, and sex outside marriage than the twist. .



          Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 9 April 2026, 12:22.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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            Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
            Next: "Black Mischief" by Evelyn Waugh. The earlier appearance of Basil Seal who reappears 10 years later in "Put out more flags".
            Done: off to Oxfam with it.

            Next: "Decline and Fall" by Evelyn Waugh.

            Oh good, full of Gog Welsh people. I've never heard any one (outside a Shakespeare play) use the phrase "look you".

            And he's not shy about terming the Black chauffeur a N****r.
            Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 10 April 2026, 12:28.
            When the fun stops, STOP.

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              a snowball in hell by chris brookmyre.
              well up to his usual standard.
              He who Hingeth aboot, Getteth Hee Haw. https://forums.contractoruk.com/core...ies/smokin.gif

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                Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary.

                Really enjoyed the film last week.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  I do like a bit of Evelyn Waugh.

                  I'm reading "Where the Past Lies" by Geoffrey Seed.

                  Full disclosure, we've met and get on well.
                  I try to buy everything my friends, family and acquaintances write, record or paint.
                  It's not all great, but this is. A good book.

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                    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
                    Next: "Decline and Fall" by Evelyn Waugh.
                    Done: off to Oxfam with it.

                    Next: "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh.

                    Not getting much out of this one. .
                    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 11 April 2026, 11:39.
                    When the fun stops, STOP.

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                      Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
                      Next: "Vile Bodies" by Evelyn Waugh.
                      Done: off to Oxfam with it.

                      Next: TBD.
                      When the fun stops, STOP.

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