Recommend me your favourite book

[billy_bob]

It also relies on knowledge of Justified Sinner by James Hogg.

Agreed, although not quite to the same extent as Frankenstein. You'd get more out of Poor Things if you knew Hogg, but you probably wouldn't get it at all if you hadn't read Shelley. I was really only trying to establish whether it was worth recommending Poor Things at all - it sounds a bit arsey to say, here's my recommendation, and here's a bibliography so you can appreciate it like I do.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

The book I have bought most often for other people is Jonathan Coe's What A Carve-Up!

 

[rekil]

The Tetherballs Of Bougainville - Mark Leyner
Melmoth The Wanderer - Charles Maturin
Well Remembered Days - Arthur Mathews
The Best Of Myles - Flann O'Brien

 

[Edie]

yay, this is excellent! Thank you all so much...

Must get down the library!

Donna- What a Carve Up is class, remember reading that at Uni, B? And I'd love to borrow Motherless Brooklyn next time I see you.

Waverunner- I'm gonna check out your suggestions, especially cos I'm sadly touched by the Rebus novels.

Also... intrigued by The Secret History by Donna Tartt. Must check that out...

Will no doubt check most of the others out too. Thank you all- but enough!! Got plenty there to last me a good year!

Oh and Johnny I feel honoured, my first ever song posted by you ((Johnny))

 

[elevendayempire]

The Crimson Petal and the White, by Michel Faber.

SG

 

[gentlegreen]

I read a book once. Actually I read the one book several times :- Robert M Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

 

[Pieface]

I really didn't like the Corrections and the Secret History, among others.

Fabulous contribution to a recommendation thread then

Second Lanark here - was the most astonishing thing I read last year. I love Oscar and Lucinda as well - Peter Carey.

 

[Pieface]

I read a book once. Actually I read the one book several times :- Robert M Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

student

 

[Edie]

You've only ever read one book gentlegreen