This Saturday I will go alone to a bookshop and buy three books. Tell me what to buy.

[Pruners]

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I expect the book will be fine pruners - as long as you don't have to look at David Baddiel's face or listen to him speak...
There's a wonderful Persephone Press book (get it off t'interweb), Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. That will be balm to your thwarted soul

was the baddiel one called the secret purposes? had this from the library and it was suprisingly good. don't be put off if you've read either of his first two dick-lit novels- this is a much more sensitive affair, and far better written.

Oi I like David Baddiel's dick-lit

So what did you get then Pruni? This thread motivated me to get some Jonathan Coe and Sarah Waters books out of the library today!

David Baddiel

I have been FAR too jealous to look at this thread let alone read it

What is wrong with David Baddiel?

Where should I start?

Watcher get watcher get Pruners

Ok, so do you just not like him or has he done something like reeeaaallly bad? Have I committed a big faux-pas by saying I like his books?

But if it's just me with my weird taste again I can handle that

I just can't stand that laddish crap

but I seem to be being rather tetchy around the board tonight

am going out for bike ride soon, apologies in the mean time

Ah you see I don't think I have really seen him doing any of the laddish crap. One of his books has a Gabriel in it and I really like that name so he must be ok

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Oh

Do you want to borrow a David Baddiel book?

Shame. Make sure you get your turn tomorrow.

Ah, going to a bookshop on a Sunday is MUCH nicer though don't you think?

make sure you have coffee too.

love David Lodge too !

I just read the Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld, which I enjoyed. I also liked Faulkes' Human Traces, and Shadow of the Wind (Carlos Ruiz Zafon). I've read quite a lot of other books recently which I can't really recommend, those three are the ones I can think of at the mo

Oh and also William Boyd's Unless - not a natural Boyd fan but I thought this was great

there's a new Kate Atkinson coming out too - just noticed it on back of a newspaper bit but can't find it now.
I'd recommend Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City books.

oh, just noticed the Crow Road - fab ! Wasp Factory great too. How about Patrick Gale ?

whoops I mean restless, not unless

nappy thread?? will look

oh, nice work is one of the best books ever.