THE DONSTALK BOOK CLUB

[swaddon]

I can recommend "Be Good, Love Brian" by Craig Bromfield.

It's about the author's time living with Brian Clough as a boy.

[TheDonbytheDee]

1 hour ago, swaddon said:

I can recommend "Be Good, Love Brian" by Craig Bromfield.

It's about the author's time living with Brian Clough as a boy.

I think I read this a few years ago.

The lad ended up living with the Coughs on and off from his teens into adulthood and ended up shitting on them.

Not a bad read at all, if the same book, which I think it is.

[RicoS321]

19 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

The lad ended up living with the Coughs on and off from his teens into adulthood

Should have got that seen to.

[tom_widdows]

'Ring the bells' by C.K McDonnell.

 

Latest in his 'Stranger Times' series and particularly enjoying the idea of a 'shopping mall santa' being taken over by an ancient demon/god to bring about the destruction of humanity

[TheDonbytheDee]

Read two Autobiographies this week Kevin Rowland, of Dexys Midnight Runners fame and Peter 'Budgie' Clarke of Siouxsie and the Banshees.

Both good reads, both very dark in places, both fucked up guys, who managed to turn things around for the better.

 

I also read two Alan Bennett novellas, which were both excellent.

One of the books,  used the Queen as a reading champion and the other about a care home through Covid.

I've seen his stuff on TV and film, over the years, but hadn't read anything of his.

[Don Julio]

Just read Departure(s) by Julian Barnes - the last book he says he’ll write. Not a novel per se, more an exploration of life, death and relationships.

i haven’t always enjoyed his later work but thought this was great. Devoured it in a couple of days as was off work.