I love his books. All of them,
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He’s a lovely writer.
Replay @TheUlteriorMotive
He’s straight into the time travel in the first page, is it just one jump or does he live it over and over
Over and over. It’s done well though.
It’s also interesting as the time jump is from 80s.
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Yes, from 88 to 63, perfect really, I enjoyed the Stephen King one, I’m wondering whether or not the JFK thing will be a feature
I have that Stephen King one. Never read it. Is it good.
The JFK thing. Nah.
It’s very good, you should give it a go
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Will do. Have you read the first fifteen life’s of Harry august. Another very good time travel one.
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Yeah, I liked that one too.
Time travel is a brilliant basis for fiction,
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You’re knocking great yardage out of that oul’ book. Better location there than I ever offered it….
You thought he could write a good article any particular reason you thought he couldn’t translate it to a book?
Well, one of them, for sure. And a most underrated novel. He taught Keith Duggan on Journalism MA in UCG.
I cannot resist asking what is in those glasses. Could be an awful lot of nice things, going by colour. Texture looks too light to be sherry.
Can’t remember tbh. Manhattan in one of them I think.
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I like it so far, about 40% in, raises questions about what is really important, what a life well lives means
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Finished this last night. Didn’t think it was as good as the first book though the chapter about the victim of child abuse in Fermanagh was as chilling as anything I’ve read.
I’ve reached a point in the point in the book where things were looking up but look to be about to go all grim again. Tempted to leave it at that.
Half way through Bob Odenkirk’s audio book and am very much enjoying it. Mightn’t be for everyone but anyone who was reared on 90s American comedies and has an interest in it will enjoy it. He fairly shoots from the hip and had little time for network sitcoms or SNL from his time there.
Some great insight into the likes of Chris Farrelly and Gary Shandling and the tortured souls and geniuses they were.
He was part of the emergence of alt comedy in the 90s and boom is a who’s who of the main players in American comedy this century off the back of that sub culture. Has yet to get to breaking bad and BCL but it is a very enjoyable listen.
@myboyblue would be right in your wheel house
Ah its worth seeing it out. Sort of like passing a kidney stone. You’ll feel better for it when its done.
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Making my way through “Broken Heartlands: A Journey Through Labour’s Lost England.”
While it’s recent, it’s old at this stage with the rate at which things are happening in the UK.
Here’s the blurb:
Historically, the red wall formed the backbone of Labour’s vote in the Midlands and the North of England but, during the 2019 general election, it dramatically turned Conservative for the first time in living memory, redrawing the electoral map in the process.
Originally from the North East himself, Payne sets out to uncover the real story behind the red wall and what turned these seats blue. Beginning in Blyth Valley in the North East and ending in Burnley, with visits to constituencies across the Midlands and Yorkshire along the way, Payne gets to the heart of a key political story of our time that will have ramifications for years to come.
While Brexit and the unpopularity of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn are factors, there is a more nuanced story explored in Broken Heartlands – of how these northern communities have fared through generational shifts, struggling public services, de-industrialization and the changing nature of work. Featuring interviews with local people, plus major political figures from both parties – including Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer – Payne explores the significant role these social and economic forces, decades in the making, have played in this fundamental upheaval of the British political landscape.
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