The Hungry Years, William Leith

[NotQuiteCockney]

Started this yesterday, finding it essentially unsatisfying. Anyone else read it?

Me I read it recently it is a load of the blurb on the back makes you think that it offers a result in the end. If it does I must have read over it with my eyes closed or something strange. I could have written it. TOTALLY agree you put it so well essentially unsatisfying.

Yeah agree-I picked it up at library and found it dull.

Essentially unsatisfying writer - have you read any of his journalism?

I think I must have read some, I recognise the name. I do read the Guardian.

Maybe I'll give up, then. I'm only about a quarter of the way through.

Have just bought this for a quid in a warehouse sale... Grauniad review was quite favourable. Is it really that dull?

It's not dull exactly. Just sorta pointless. The writing is competant. He just seems like an arse, an unsympathetic twit.

I thought it was brilliant - takes a while to get into it but its quite funny and very poignant in places

one of those writers who makes my flesh crawl. Haven't read the book, but have read articles by him/interviews with him about it. Self-obsessed whinger. Didn't he write something unpleasant about a gf or wife ages ago?

oh, have just seen flossie's post...