A challenge - please suggest a book for my dh

[treacletart]

He's bookless at the moment and getting restless - apparently none of the many unread books in the house will do. He claims to not want a novel - he wants "a ripping adventure yarn based on truth" and extra points will be given for the inclusion of food and or fishing. To give you some more clues , other books he has enjoyed are everything by Mark Kurlansky, Into the Heart of Borneo by Redmond O Hanlon and Waterlog by Richard Deakin.

[pillsthrillsandbellyaches]

life of pi.?

[BitOfFun]

Touching The Void?

[pillsthrillsandbellyaches]

a ripping adventure yarn which Yann Martell cleverly makes you think is based on truth.

[fruitshootsandheaves]

five go to Smugglers Top

[duckyfuzz]

DH says the patrick o'brian master and commander series will hit the spot

[fryalot]

kitchen confidential

not sure there's much fishing in it, but food.. yep, deffo food

[kaxter]

Blood River by Tim somebody. Butcher i think.

[fryalot]

dp started to read the master & commander series and enjoyed it

[treacletart]

He's read Life of Pi and Kitchen Confidential. He's seen the film of Touching the Void - will check out Master and Commander and Blood River looks promising....

[crankytwanky]

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bordain is a great shout, squonk! One of the handfull of book my DP has read.

What about "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad?

[JimmyMcNulty]

I second Touching the Void (a true story), absolutely brilliant, terrifying. Pretty sure it's got food in it somewhere.

[JimmyMcNulty]

x-posted. If he liked Touching the Void there's also The Death Zone by Matt Dickinson (along similar lines)

[fryalot]

there's a sequel to Kitchen Confidential if he enjoyed that.

"a cooks tour" I think it's called.

[fryalot]

yes, it is called A Cooks Tour (don't know why I couldn't have looked for the link in my first post

[treacletart]

Sorry Squonk - too good a call he's read that too!

[choosyfloosy]

Assume he's read Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger?

has he also read The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers? (novel - but great stuff all the same).

My dh is very excitedly about to start Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household - classic thriller (sorry, another novel).

[choosyfloosy]

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby (more of a giggle than a ripping adventure but non-fiction, and good).

the White Nile and The Blue Nile are great books - erm, who by? (googles) Alan Moorehead

The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry Garrard

[fryalot]

has he read the lonely sea and the sky?

[TheYearOfTheCat]

DH read 'Trawler' and thought it was OK. It ticks the 'fish' box.

[choosyfloosy]

Oh! Also 'The Reason Why' by Cecil Woodham Smith, about the Charge of the Light Brigade. Wonderful.

[treacletart]

Thanks for these! They 're obviously right up his alley because he's read most already! But I'll be sure to check the rest and any others out.

[samsonara]

This is a brilliant bookj : food writer describing foods, tastes and his adventures trying them
here

[Lotster]

Hmm, was also going to suggest Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential!

Failing that, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is hilarious.

[treacletart]

yup read those last 2 too, fear and loathing one of his favourites!

[TheYearOfTheCat]

DH says the Flashman novels are good for ripping adventure - but they are fiction.