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Help me find this book - cant remember title

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gateacre1 · 27/01/2012 20:44

Ok it's a love story
It follows the stories of 3 ish people during different eras
That are all interconnected

One story involves two men crossing Siberia to escape from a prison camp

One story starts with a young couple in s America and there is a bus crash and his girlfriend is killed

It was such an amazing book and I would love to read it again but cannot remember the title or the author

Can anyone help.?
Many thanks x

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Hippychickster · 27/01/2012 21:55

Oh yes I read this. It's called Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann. I really enjoyed it. x

piebald · 28/01/2012 19:25

I think that was the book i thought was going tp be good and hated. Did it have something about chopping off willies at the beginning?

LineRunner · 28/01/2012 19:27

Five Go Mad With Severed Penises by Enid Blyton.

LeBOF · 29/01/2012 22:31

I think you might be thinking of Members Of The Secret Seven- Where Are They Now?, Linerunner.

highlandcoo · 29/01/2012 23:00

Oh, this is annoying me now! I know the book and can't remember the title.

Random Acts of Heroic Love does start with the bus crash as you describe, but I think the two men travelling across Siberia having escaped from a prison camp happens in a different book. Just can't remember the name!

Piebald, yes, don't they come across a strange community where people castrate themselves voluntarily? Also, do you remember the idea that men escape in pairs so that one becomes the other one's "pig" - it's not possible for them to carry enough food to survive the journey, so the stronger one eventually kills and eats the other.

A memorable but quite grim read

2tired2bewitty · 29/01/2012 23:08

The Siberian bit sounds like "The Peoples Act of Love" by James Meek

highlandcoo · 29/01/2012 23:22

Got it, 2tired! Just found it on librarything. Well remembered

2tired2bewitty · 29/01/2012 23:24

It's the kind of plot that stays with you Grin

LineRunner · 29/01/2012 23:25

I knew it was that.

Grin
Grumpla · 29/01/2012 23:27

Oh piebald that just tested my pelvic floor muscles Grin

Grumpla · 29/01/2012 23:27

Linerunner I mean.

Although to be fair that was an excellent setup by piebald

LineRunner · 29/01/2012 23:32

I want to read it.

popflos · 18/02/2012 16:36

me too! just added to my kindle..

piebald · 21/02/2012 20:26

Yes it was James Meek and it had a cover very like a book i had enjoyed (Maybe the random acts one-although self castration is pretty random!)
Anyway i will be interested to hear how you enjoy it Lineunner and popflos, I gave up on it -didnt think it was very "Naice"

popflos · 22/02/2012 11:55

finished!.. interesting story, the castration stuff actually makes it more interesting once you research it a bit more, had a quick flick today on wikipedia! nice to learn a bit about russian history, and always like a good horse in any story. over too soon tho, back to a series for me!

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