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CUNK on Everything - Philomena Cunk

Well it was news to me. Treated his batman like shit, and was generally despised for his rudeness and arrogance. I may have to invest in a biography.

This is hugely entertaining. Who knew that Douglas Bader was an absolute c*nt ?

I love her writing. I'm quite a fan of these type of books - bite-sized bog read kind of thing. I downloaded it onto my Kindle, and have been guilty of cackling away at it in my local when I go for a couple of sad bastard pints on my own early evening after work. She's superb. I especially love...

What Just Happened ?! by Marina Hyde. A selection of her Guardian columns from 2016 onwards following the referendum vote (plus other big stories over the last 6 years). Hugely entertaining writer, satire at its best.

The Doris went to a charity shop the other day and randomly picked up 3 Peter James hardbacks for me for a quid each. I've read 3 or 4 of his a while back and quite enjoyed them, so have just started Need You Dead which has started well. I've always enjoyed the forensic locality of his books...

Jimmy White - Second Wind Its his 2nd autobiography, but this time its the proper "warts an' all" one, no glossing. My god, what an absolute degenerate. I mean I knew his life was chaos away from the green baize, but bloody hell. Its a fantastic read with some incredible anecdotes. The chapter...

Convoy Escort Commander - the memoirs of Vice Admiral Sir Peter Gretton. In command of a fleet of battle cruisers escorting supply ships across the North Atlantic during WW2, guarding against the neverending incessant threat of German U-boats. Fascinating and engrossing. I am finding it extra...

I went into it knowing it was a novel written by Morris from the perspective of Lale, who was giving his account of events to Morris from some 70-odd years ago, so I can forgive the odd inaccuracy (particularly when it comes to a serial number), as well as perhaps a bit of artistic licence being...

The Tattooist of Auschwitz. True characters weaved into a novel, the main guy being Lale Sokolov, a Slovak jew who tattoo's everyone's number onto the inside of their left forearm - that is, if they made it past 'selection' on the arrivals platform. The subject matter is obviously harrowing...

Papillon Absolutely brutal.

Criminally underrated post :lolol:

One of his best, if you don't mind a bit of misogyny :wink: I'd also recommend his ancient Egypt novels, starting with River God. That is an absolute corker.

A Time to Die - Wilbur Smith MAN would this make a good movie.

The Eyes of Darkness, by Dean R Koontz. This horror novel has gained a bit of traction of late, being as it was published in circa 1981, and apparently predicts a worldwide bronchial virus around 2020 called Wuhan-400, which is spooky. Scabby old paperback editions are apparently online now for...

Everybody Died So I Bought a Dog - Emily Dean Entertaining and moving.

I've read it before. Literally has me doubled up with laughter, to the point where it gets embarrassing.

Bloody Southerners Its superb.

The Finch in my Brain, by Martino Sclavi. Sclavi has been diagnosed with a stage 4 blioglastoma brain tumour, the most aggressive brain cancer you can get - death usually follows within 18-24 months, but after having an op to remove part of the tumour (including part of the op taking place...

Leading, by Alex Ferguson. Decent, a lot of interesting anecdotes in there. Got the new Peter Crouch book waiting in the wings, looking forward to getting stuck into that.