I consider myself pretty well-read, I was always surrounded by books; parents had a bookshop, I worked in publishing etcbut I have never got around to reading any Doris Lessing.
I told a good friend this the other day and she was really . The upside is that she has bought me the Golden Notebook to take on holiday.
Guilty pleasure is Simon Raven. Written in the 60s and 70s; misogynistic, cynical, vile, very rude and politically incorrect; but very funny and wonderfully written. I love them.
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JeffVadar · 23/06/2009 09:36
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