Books
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Good call–also Robert W. Chambers' The King in Yellow.
I think Victorians were trying to get their heads around some of the emerging discoveries of the day and their stories have stood the test of time.
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Tiger Stripe Camouflage……. Birthday gift from the Mrs a couple of months back.
This thing is an absolute labour of love by the chap who wrote it. So much detail it is unbelievable.
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One of the main reasons why I started collecting tattoo books was that, at the time (around 2008-2009), getting images of traditional Japanese tattooing was limited to a few sources online.
I also loved the fact that tattooists used the books as a point of reference and the time/care often taken to prepare the books themselves. Particularly those that have a written explanation about the motifs / iconography used.
These days however, there is an abundance of material on the likes of Instagram and, in my opinion at least (rightly or wrongly) the beauty and magic of trawling through a book is often overlooked for the ease of looking at a screen.
Enter stage left my latest purchase. The entire premise being that the images are those that have not been shared on social media.
Lovely little book
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Red Notice is a fascinating read about bam investor who got into Russia after the collapse of the USSR. Reads like a memoir and a suspense novel at the same time but gives you great insight into the Russian kleptocracy and the orgy of often violent privatization that occurred when the Soviet Union collapsed. This fella is lucky he didn’t get killed when he went up against corrupt oligarchs.
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Grabbed A long way down, Nick Hornby, From the library last night. Also grabbed Yddish policemans union, by Chabo, which i’ve read, as a back up.
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@Bfd70 Michael Chabon is one of my favorite authors! The Yiddish Policemen's Union is both smart and fun. I can also warmly recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, as well as Moonglow.
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@Bfd70 Michael Chabon is one of my favorite authors! The Yiddish Policemen's Union is both smart and fun. I can also warmly recommend The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, as well as Moonglow.
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Agree. Read all of his books already.
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K&C is one of my favorite books ever. I always hoped they’d make a movie of it, then it seems they finally started working on a series for Showtime, but sadly I get the impression that the pandemic kind of stymied it. I hope it didn’t completely kill it.
I just finished Lorrie Moore’s Who Will Run the Frog Hospital?, which I’ve gotta say blew me away. Astounding writing, full of insight and humor.
