From Greg Clow Sent Tue, Sep 8th 1998, 20:53
From Greg Clow Sent Tue, Sep 8th 1998, 20:53
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, mikail gubarev wrote: > Would list members be willing to reveal what book(s) they're reading at the moment? It > might be interesting. For example, I just finished skimming through a book on physics > by Prigogine. I've got two books on the go right now. One is an advance review copy I was sent of a book called "200 Beats per Minute" by Eddie Beverage. It's set in the rave/party scene in Orlando, and deals with that whole culture, as well as the gay/bi sexual awakenings of the main character, Danny Boyle. I get the impression that it's sort of semi-autobiographical. I've only gotten about a third of the way through it (it's short, around 170 pages), but it's not a bad read, really. Once I've finished it, I'll do a proper review. The reason I've set it aside, though, is the second book I'm reading: "Filth" by Irvine Welsh (best known as the author of "Trainspotting"). I just started this one this morning, actually, and I'm about 50 pages in, but it's as good, funny and dark as I expected. Main character is a disgusting, hateful, racist, sexist, corrupt sargeant on the Edinburgh police force. Imagine "Bad Lieutenant" turned into a black comedy and relocated to Scotland, plus Welsh's usual playing about with the written word. And I've also got the usual stack of comic books beside my bed which I read a couple of each night. Last night, it was issues 4-9 of "Palooka-ville" by Seth. Greg