Andrew Nette

Ooooooh, yes

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I think we should just face reality square on and admit that the US is in a state of cold civil war.

One of them l borrowed from a German but I have to give it back, so good to have my own copy.

But in answer to your original question, for my money 1980 is the best book, but it pays to read them in order.

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (TV Movie 2009) ⭐ 6.9 | Crime, Drama, History 1h 42m | Not Rated

Or if you are pressed for time, watch the UK TV series, which is excellent, although it leaves out 1977, which is actually one of the better in the series

www.imdb.com/title/tt1259...

So start at SEVENTY FOUR. Better & darker than Ellroy which, I know is saying something. This is partly because the English setting makes them more relatable, for me as an Australian

Four books, story in a rough sequence, pays to read in order: NINETEEN SEVENTY FOUR, NINETEEN SEVENTY SEVEN, NINETEEN EIGHTY & EIGHTY THREE. Utterly bleak, dark propulsive noir set in Northern England around period of the Yorkshire Ripper. Prose style gets stranger as the books go on but it works

Maybe Peace is not for you then

You mean, you haven’t read David Peace? His Red Riding quartering is among the best crime fiction written in the last 25 years. Then again, I don’t know if you like crime fiction

Indeed, he is.

My new ‘Parisian style’ (which means it’s bloody small) apartment in Berlin has a bookshelf. This is what’s on it. Some are borrowed, because l’m trying to be so good & not buy books l’ll have to send back to Australia. And, yes, there’s a theme which hints at my next non fiction book project.

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More covers from 1970s Australian horror comics.

Totally

I cannot argue with that observation

I had a paperback of The Terrorists, given to me by a relative not long after 9/11.

Had it in my luggage when travelling overseas & had mild freak out at airport security.

I bet you did

Looking forward to reading this one

My new ‘Parisian style’ (which means it’s bloody small) apartment in Berlin has a bookshelf. This is what’s on it. Some are borrowed, because l’m trying to be so good & not buy books l’ll have to send back to Australia. And, yes, there’s a theme which hints at my next non fiction book project.

More covers from 1970s Australian horror comics.

Sorry, I see you just answered that question

Please. No. The only reason to go to said place. Was it looking shaky last time you were there?

What regional bookstore closed? That’s all I want to know

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I endorse this post.

Almost unfollowed you over that post.

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“John Boorman’s POINT BLANK can obviously be viewed as a straight revenge noir. But having watched it many times, its fragmented, almost dreamlike narrative suggests something else. That it’s either a ghost story or Marvin’s character imagines everything lying mortally wound in the Alcatraz cell.”

Yes, he is wonderful. Up there with Dirk Bogarde as my fav male British actors.