Dave Vicks
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Considering reading COSMOPOLIS. The film was good.Anyone like the book?
Agree. Absolutely brilliant. The classic case of a book which was totally boring at school, and which was transformed when I picked it up 30 years later. The whole trilogy is wonderful, as is A Rose in Winter, in which Lee returns to an impoverished post-war Spain to revisit his old haunts. The quality of the prose is very striking.Yes, and it’s terrific. I read it about 10 years ago and enjoyed it very much. I read the second autobiographical book of Lee’s (As I Walked Out One Midsomer Morning) about 30-35 years ago and loved it also. It covers his journey walking around Spain in the 20’s. The third covers his part in the War but I’ve not read it yet.
Not sure I'm gonna make it to the end to be honest. 2 chapters down and I'm overwhelmed by the mundanity of it and florid writing. You can tell the writer is a poet ...:/Yes, and it’s terrific. I read it about 10 years ago and enjoyed it very much. I read the second autobiographical book of Lee’s (As I Walked Out One Midsomer Morning) about 30-35 years ago and loved it also. It covers his journey walking around Spain in the 20’s. The third covers his part in the War but I’ve not read it yet.
‘Florid’ doesn’t sound like Laurie Lee, to me.florid writing. You can tell the writer is a poet ...:/
Overly descriptive, purple prose‘Florid’ doesn’t sound like Laurie Lee, to me.
Yep, I know what you meant AE, I just don’t really see that in Lee’s writing, but that’s just my view. Shame you didn’t like it.Overly descriptive, purple prose
Re Cider with RosieYes, and it’s terrific. I read it about 10 years ago and enjoyed it very much. I read the second autobiographical book of Lee’s (As I Walked Out One Midsomer Morning) about 30-35 years ago and loved it also. It covers his journey walking around Spain in the 20’s. The third covers his part in the War but I’ve not read it yet.
the movie is passable... if don't have anything betterReading The Tommyknockers by Stephen King. Ah that's better...
Me neither. Economical, precise and beautiful prose as far as I am concerned.‘Florid’ doesn’t sound like Laurie Lee, to me.
Movie? I remember a TV series with Jimmy Smitts...the movie is passable... if don't have anything better
2 episodes so a movie with around 3 hours we are both rightMovie? I remember a TV series with Jimmy Smitts...
i never read him, is he any good? i think i remember someone saying that he could have great if he just put a bit more effort... but i'm not sure it's about him...Up next GORE VIDAL books.