08-07-2009, 16:53
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Re: Bookworms: What are you reading at the moment?
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Originally Posted by steeljack
Do you reccomend it ? last few books seem to have " lost the plot " the early stuff 'smileys people, tinker tailor soldier spy' etc were real page turners , think the last I read was 'the Constant Gardener'.
as a thread wander, in my opinion , as is the usual case for any decent book* , all his books which have been made into movies have with the exception of the BBC productions (Alec Guiness as George Smiley) have been total cow dung
* possible exception, Harry Potter , never read the books , but enjoyed the movies on DVD
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I don't know if I give it a ringing endorsement (excuse the cliche) ... but it is worth a read ... I picked up my copy at Chapters for under five bucks; and I got my money's worth.
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