The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

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Has anyone else read this?

It is over and above my favourite book of the year. Highly reccomended.

It reduced me to tears in parts which happens rarely with books for me.

I have two others by him but found them very hard to get into.

Funnily enough, I was thinking about The Corrections yesterday, and whether it was due a re-read; I suppose I started thinking about it because of the time of year. I loved this book. It makes me wish I could write.

Oh yes it's definitly one to reread. You are probably right about the time of year.

He has such a subtle way of story telling but built up the characters so well. I laughed and cried.

One day I will write a bok haha!

its good?
really?
ok

Well I'll wait until I know how to spell book before I attempt to write one.

(consider yourself duly ignored cod - god you're a bore sometimes)

why are oyu being mean?
i am asking if I shoudl get it
have NO book atm

( is this the one that he made up and was on oprah etc and was vilified?)

Read it years ago but it has stayed with me.

I think he's a wonderful writer.

You'd like it, scargot

thank you squeave.
sheesh

NO that was the the other bloke - Million Little Pieces (something like that).

This was the one where Oprah wanted him in the book club and he said "no I am too lofty a writer for your pop culture nonsense". Still a good book, though for all that wankery.

Yes, I think you'd like it too. No, not the misery man one, someone quite different.

Interesting fact: the corrections was picked for the Oprah book club, and he refused. Imagine! Said it was a work of high literary merit.

Ah x post with Squeaver

We are as one x100

aha
right HELLO a hundered
fancy a cake?

god i wish twiglet was back on ehre and we coudl wish her happy birthday regularly

I'd like rice cake, sure

The villified made up onw was A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (which I loved btw....). Also love The Corrections. Read it now if you haven't read it yet.

I do love a novel about dysfunctional families!

(Feels all warm inside and completely at home with the subject....).

There's a great Douglas Coupland one too....

(racks brain)

I dunno I did tend to recoil from books that had 'Richard and Judy book club' stickers on the front. Maybe I'm a wanker too.

after loving the beleivers...

All families are psychotic?

ooh yes SC always take the stickers OFF

Definitely worth getting SCargot, and I'm fed up with reading pregnancy & baby books (due 1st tomorrow) so I'm going to dig my copy out today and start reading it again. Just looking at wiki, and see that a film had been planned for years, with David Hare working on the screenplay.

All Families are Psychotic. Douglas Coupland.

oh GREAT am so excited

That wasn't a question that's the title of the book.

Not his finest. I prefer his 90's things.

QUICK
anything else as i hated when carter beats the devil

popular ones haev been heller, er,., h god YOU knwo what i like 100

oh loved the lyn barber boiok - made me ROAR

argh this a cross posty thread