Hmmm… Sounds interesting. He’s the guy who wrote Pillars of the Earth, right?
I’m into my historical drama at the moment.
Started off completely randomly by picking up The Whalebone Theatre by Joanna Quinn which follows the lives of three step-kids raised within a privileged and hedonistic household on the English coast who endure the onset of war, espionage and forbidden love.
Then I went to London 1666 during the great fire for a murder mystery where one detective tries to solve a crime linked to a young woman who doesn’t want to be found for other reasons. Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor.
Now I’m reading Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson about a family that runs speak easys and clubs in London during the first half of the 20th century. It pulls back the curtain on the fun and frolicking of the 1930s.
I’ve been deep into the Robin Hobb books recently. Halfway through the second series at the moment. Got an ebook version that combines three books into one. Slogging through almost 3000 pages on a kindle, watching the progress bar slowly creep along definitely feels like something of an achievement.
Been reading Greg Egan short stories on holiday, been enjoying the concepts but his characters are a bit lame which means you enjoy the ideas he’s trying to get across but somehow not the story. Interesting read though.
Just had a look - it does sound interesting as you say but I’ll reserve judgement until it’s not £50.
Although with that said, academic book pricing is a lot higher than high street.
They’re great. And there’s other books too - there’s the Micky Haller books (Bosch’s lawyer half-brother) and a few standalone books. I must have read 20-plus of Connolly’s books.
It makes a new universe loosely inspired by various bits of the books.
I watched the whole thing (there’s a lot of episodes) before reading any books so its interesting going back to the source and seeing how they picked bits and pieces.
They’re so hard to put down. Love a proper procedural thriller.
So can be read for free on a phone or tablet, or if you benefit from access to a printer at work like me, sneakily print it off for quiet perusal as i plan to do later.
Anyone a fan of Gene Wolfe’s work? I’ve been caning his books after reading ‘The Book of the New Sun’ series earlier this year. Just finished ‘The Fifth Head of Cerberus’ and would highly recommend his stuff if you like strange Sci-Fi stuff. He’s a really clever storyteller.
