Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter "The Daily Telegraph Book of Obituaries," (Paperback) by Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd (Editor). Massingberd, the obituarist of the Telegraph during the '80s and '90s died a couple of weeks ago and there was a fascinating obit of his own in the New York Times. The obits Massingberd wrote for the Telegraph are interesting because he wrote them as li ...[text shortened]... eccentrics on the Telegraph's obit page). This book makes excellent before bedtime reading.
It's good to know I'm not the only one that reads the obit's as biographies. 🙂
Catch 22, I knew it was a classic, but I never thought it would be funny, like really funny! My mate's got a book shop that he tries to sell books in, in between the random stuff that he actually wants on the shelves, and he's banged on about Michel Houellebecq. I've read three of his and I rate them, but Atomised, oddly, is the poorest
What are you reading now?
26 May '08 05:54
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