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What was the last book you read?
« on: September 11, 2004, 09:44:37 pm »
Read Middle of the Kop by Evo this week,which is self explanatory,but since then read a book by Rusty Young called Marching Powder.

It's a true crime book about an Englishman called Thomas McFadden who was convicted of drug trafficking in Bolivia and spent over 4 and a half years in the San Pedro prison.He had to pay for his own cell,clothes,food and bribes to the guards and Police.He also paid $15000 to the judge of his first trial and still got convicted.

He was befriended by an American convict (who convinced the inmates he wasn't American) who gave him his cell floor to sleep on until he could get the funds to buy his own cell and he had to run the gauntlet of other convicts because they thought he was American,who are hated in the prison.

Some convicts have their wife and children living with them inside the prison and Thomas,after winning over the other convicts started to run tours of the prison to foreign backpackers.He used to bribe the guards and major to let them in and quite a few stayed the night or more.

Also,the best cocaine in Bolivia was produced illegally inside the prison. :o

It truly was a rivetting read.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2004, 09:49:53 pm »
The Face - Dean Koontz
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2004, 09:53:57 pm »
The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2004, 09:55:24 pm »
In the middle of reading The Boys From the Mersey
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2004, 10:04:41 pm »
Tell no one - Harlan Coben- I've read all his books he's a great author.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2004, 10:06:57 pm »
Just finished reading Chris Eubanks book, currently reading Val McLean's book- Married to the Guv'nor.

Think her book is good like, interesting to see how people have slagged Lenny off since hes died. Sad really.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2004, 10:08:02 pm »
Jasper Fforde - Something Rotten

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2004, 10:08:13 pm »
In the middle of reading The Boys From the Mersey

Read that a couple of weeks ago ttnbd and like Evo's book is a great read.

Just finished reading Chris Eubanks book, currently reading Val McLean's book- Married to the Guv'nor.

Think her book is good like, interesting to see how people have slagged Lenny off since hes died. Sad really.

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Toyed with the Val McLean one Mirra but never got round to buying it.

The next on the list is Bringing the House Down by Ben Mezrich.It tells how six students took Vegas for millions.
« Last Edit: September 11, 2004, 10:12:13 pm by keithcun »
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2004, 10:51:07 pm »
The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)


Fuck me!!!!!!!!

Just spotted that on the bookshelf.The missus must have bought it.Will give that one a read :wave
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2004, 10:52:47 pm »
Whats the Lenny's missus one like? Basis i mean. I cant imagine it to be an in depth behind the scenes thing because you dont tell your bit of stuff things at the best of times let alone if your as dodgy as that fella.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2004, 10:54:30 pm »


Fuck me!!!!!!!!

Just spotted that on the bookshelf.The missus must have bought it.Will give that one a read :wave

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2004, 10:59:28 pm »
Tom Robbins - "Still Life With Woodpecker"


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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2004, 11:01:22 pm »
The Rough Guide to Bulgaria (Rough Guides)
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2004, 11:05:07 pm »
Oh and by the way the last book i read was the one Stephen King claims to be his best "Bag of bones". It had a peak about 3/4 the way through but wasnt very good overall. Pretty much what i expected really.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #14 on: September 12, 2004, 12:40:37 am »
Fever pitch by Nick Hornby
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #15 on: September 12, 2004, 01:00:31 am »


"God of Small Things" - slow to start with but definitely worth sticking with

"The Da Vinci Code" - Thriller, truly a page-turner but IMHO the end was a bit of a letdown...


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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2004, 01:46:55 am »
I can't read......errrrr....wait a minute  ???

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2004, 05:06:18 am »
Have been reading Mr Nice - Howard Marks for the last i dunno how long

Angela's Ashes was the last book i read in full!
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2004, 09:51:04 am »
Have been reading Mr Nice - Howard Marks for the last i dunno how long



Read that and jeez,wasn't he a dodgy bastard.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2004, 11:48:11 am »
Middle of the Kop is whats on the agenda at the moment.

Prior to that I was reading a couple of Kevin Sampson books. Love his stuff.

Also suprisingly, read the Roy Keane book.... :o......its actually quite good; and hes quite complimentary to Liverpool throughout.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2004, 12:06:15 pm »
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson). I took it with me to Italy. He's a genius. In one paragraph he explains the mathmatical system of 10 to the power of something and I understood it completely. My GCSE maths teacher spend the better part of a month trying to explain that to me and I never got it.

Bloody good book though, and you don't need to be a scientist to understand it.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2004, 12:11:02 pm »
Just finished Gazza's book (very funny!) and last night started Owen's book.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2004, 12:24:32 pm »
Middle of the Kop is whats on the agenda at the moment.

Prior to that I was reading a couple of Kevin Sampson books. Love his stuff.

Also suprisingly, read the Roy Keane book.... :o......its actually quite good; and hes quite complimentary to Liverpool throughout.

The Roy Keane book is another one I've ummed and ahhed about.Although he's a manc he is a straight talker and will no doubt tell it how it is.Maybe I'll bite the bullet when my new books have run done and purchase it.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2004, 12:28:56 pm »
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson). I took it with me to Italy. He's a genius. In one paragraph he explains the mathmatical system of 10 to the power of something and I understood it completely. My GCSE maths teacher spend the better part of a month trying to explain that to me and I never got it.

Bloody good book though, and you don't need to be a scientist to understand it.
I'm currently reading that & I agree it's excellent. I'm also half way through Shaun Magowans autobiography, but haven't picked up a book for ages!
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2004, 12:29:30 pm »
You get it for next to nothing now....so its not too bad.

Good read.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2004, 12:30:42 pm »
A bit controversial but had to find out how much of a twat Lennie Murphy was

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2004, 12:33:13 pm »
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby.

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #27 on: September 12, 2004, 12:45:48 pm »
On another note,I was in Waterstones in Piccadilly a few weeks ago and whilst browsing the footy section came across a copy of This is Anfield.I've seen it talked about and could never justify the £200 price tag,but what a book.Had a flick through and it's quality throughout.Also,if I was paying that much for a book,I wouldn't want wannabe buyers like me thumbing through it before I bought it.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #28 on: September 12, 2004, 12:48:08 pm »
On another note,I was in Waterstones in Piccadilly a few weeks ago and whilst browsing the footy section came across a copy of This is Anfield.I've seen it talked about and could never justify the £200 price tag,but what a book.Had a flick through and it's quality throughout.Also,if I was paying that much for a book,I wouldn't want wannabe buyers like me thumbing through it before I bought it.





So you never thought of putting it in your bag,without paying then :P
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #29 on: September 12, 2004, 12:51:41 pm »
So you never thought of putting it in your bag,without paying then :P

Have you seen the size of the bleeder. :o

It wouldn't fit in the wife's handbag,and that's saying summat. ;D
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #30 on: September 12, 2004, 01:03:27 pm »
Just read Chris Eubanks autobiography which was excellent and about to read The Diceman by Luke Rhinehart for the umpteenth time
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #31 on: September 12, 2004, 01:39:31 pm »
I'm in the middle of reading -Live from Death Row by Mumia Abu-Jamal.If anyone is in favour of the death penalty then I suggest you read this!

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #32 on: September 12, 2004, 01:51:41 pm »
Last book I read was High Society by Ben Elton. Drugs, politics and crime. Really interesting argument about legalising all drugs. A really enjoyable read I thought, and I'd recommend it to anyone.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #33 on: September 12, 2004, 03:26:56 pm »
Just starting 'Holocaust Theology-A Reader' (ed. Cohn-Sherbok). It's a compendium of responses to the question, how do we understand concepts of God after the death camps? Could a good, loving God allow Auschwitz? Why didn't he stop it? Do we have to change our traditional image of a divine father figure after what the nazis did?

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #34 on: September 12, 2004, 03:49:23 pm »

The Shankhill Butchers

Yeah that's a depressing read. :(

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Here we have the truth about policing one area of one city at one moment. It is also a book about ourselves, about the society we have created, and about the precariousness of the bridges we have so painfully erected over the chasm of poverty and crime.

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« Reply #35 on: September 12, 2004, 04:01:29 pm »
Last book I read was High Society by Ben Elton. Drugs, politics and crime. Really interesting argument about legalising all drugs. A really enjoyable read I thought, and I'd recommend it to anyone.


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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #36 on: September 12, 2004, 08:15:43 pm »
Right Oh Jeeves - PG Wodehouse. Wodehouse is quite possibly the funniest writer ever. Simply a comic genius!

Digital Fortress - Dan Brown. Supoib!!!

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #37 on: September 12, 2004, 08:35:12 pm »
A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson). I took it with me to Italy. He's a genius. In one paragraph he explains the mathmatical system of 10 to the power of something and I understood it completely. My GCSE maths teacher spend the better part of a month trying to explain that to me and I never got it.

Bloody good book though, and you don't need to be a scientist to understand it.

Excellent book. Made me want to read follow up stuff on everything he touched on though. Could take me years. :-\

To respond to the thread, following reading the Bill Bryson book, "The universe in a nutshell" and " A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking.
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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #38 on: September 12, 2004, 10:27:50 pm »


Excellent book. Made me want to read follow up stuff on everything he touched on though. Could take me years. :-\

To respond to the thread, following reading the Bill Bryson book, "The universe in a nutshell" and " A brief history of time" by Stephen Hawking.
There's no way you read Stephen Hawking when you can't even get Bill Bryson's book title right! :P

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Re: What was the last book you read?
« Reply #39 on: September 12, 2004, 10:34:06 pm »
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