The Lovely Bones (recced by kathyh; anticipating greatly)
I used to make it a policy never to rec books, but since I've been on LJ that seems to have changed. Hope you enjoy it (though I'm not sure enjoy is quite the right word).
I used not to rec books much either, understand your concern! I was interested in what you had written about it on your LJ, and it gave me an excuse to do a 3 for 2 at Borders. I plan to start it tonight, although I gather it's something of a page-turner.
I'm reading a bunch of crime books by David Peace, set in Yorkshire
I don't know those. The DH is a big Reginald Hill fan. Is there any similarity apart from the Yorkshire setting?
I haven't read Reginald Hill, but these books are brutal, violent, and absolutely not for the squeamish or the faint at heart. It's a quartet about corruption and perversion of justice in the north of England throughout the 70s and early 80s (as reflected in the titles: Nineteen Seventy Four, Nineteen Seventy Seven, Nineteen Eighty, Nineteen Eighty Three).
As I say, it's a quartet and I'm only half way through, so I'll reserve comments on whether or not they work until I've read the last two. But they are by no means pleasant to read. Bent coppers doesn't even begin to cover it.
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Date: 2004-03-14 02:58 pm (UTC)I used to make it a policy never to rec books, but since I've been on LJ that seems to have changed. Hope you enjoy it (though I'm not sure enjoy is quite the right word).
I used not to rec books much either, understand your concern! I was interested in what you had written about it on your LJ, and it gave me an excuse to do a 3 for 2 at Borders. I plan to start it tonight, although I gather it's something of a page-turner.
I'm reading a bunch of crime books by David Peace, set in Yorkshire
I don't know those. The DH is a big Reginald Hill fan. Is there any similarity apart from the Yorkshire setting?
I haven't read Reginald Hill, but these books are brutal, violent, and absolutely not for the squeamish or the faint at heart. It's a quartet about corruption and perversion of justice in the north of England throughout the 70s and early 80s (as reflected in the titles: Nineteen Seventy Four, Nineteen Seventy Seven, Nineteen Eighty, Nineteen Eighty Three).
As I say, it's a quartet and I'm only half way through, so I'll reserve comments on whether or not they work until I've read the last two. But they are by no means pleasant to read. Bent coppers doesn't even begin to cover it.