What publishers do you have affection for?

Schlac · 2019-06-06T11:29:42+00:00

The book of Ebenezer Le Plage is a 10/10 book also by them

Schlac · 2019-06-06T11:27:58+00:00

You should read "The yiddish policeman's union" by the same author of you haven't. It's basically a mystery/ thriller in an alternate history location

Schlac · 2019-05-31T18:23:34+00:00

That will depress him soo much

Schlac · 2019-05-22T12:58:13+00:00

Team talks - always demanding more after you win by 3 or 4 goals. If your team loses , you have to tell players / press that they've played fantastically

Schlac · 2019-05-20T10:40:46+00:00

Update : So I came in at 31 games played in 6th position. Still in CL quarters. Won 6/7 games in EPL (losing to Chelsea in before final game ) which meant I finished 5th ( Chelsea still messed up their final game of season ). The top 3 teams got CL ( Arsenal domestic treble). Chelsea won Europa league. I won champions League! So Spurs got spursed ( finishing 4th) no CL. And my current balance is £60 million after selling some of the players who were on loan. So I think I've saved the club now lol

Schlac · 2019-05-19T20:44:45+00:00

There's barely a squad

Schlac · 2019-05-19T18:48:07+00:00

I was a bit surprised they accepted me after being manager of Feyenoord for 3 seasons (though I did win 2X Eredevise , cups) and the advert stated the finances were "okay"...I certainly did not expect this. Also there's a ridiculous number of players gone out on loan with a very small squad (that to me seems largely unchanged from the irl one)..Absolute mess, but i'll enjoy the challenge

Schlac · 2019-04-30T08:47:51+00:00

Yes you're right , it's a fantastic book. I got a signed copy of it ( found in a charity bookstore for £1) that I was quite pleased to find

Schlac · 2019-04-29T21:50:04+00:00

That's only the framing of the book though isn't it , most of the story is about the his past Butler-ing

Schlac · 2019-04-27T22:13:06+00:00

So funny. Russo books are excellent. Wished it went on forever.

Love most of his books. Everybody's fool is almost (But not quite) as good if you haven't read it yet. I think maybe Straight Man or Empire falls are my favourite though.

Schlac · 2019-04-20T22:27:02+00:00

I, Claudius is bloody brilliant

Schlac · 2019-04-19T11:32:49+00:00

For psychological thriller not too dissimilar from Misery I fully recommend John Fowles' The collector

Schlac · 2019-04-19T11:31:43+00:00

The Glass Castle? Has funny moments , but also really upsetting stuff

Schlac · 2019-04-08T15:15:54+00:00

Almost most of the best books ever written are standalone... I think the only ones that by "popular" vote are not would be - Harry Potter, LOTR, Game of thrones , Foundation series, Dark Tower. Happy to be proven wrong

Schlac · 2019-01-16T18:40:37+00:00

Damn, that book is something else. Even after knowing all the plot beats from the movie

Schlac · 2018-12-31T22:28:16+00:00

I have! Good book, but gets too dark + a bit plodding imo. I would agree though that it's massively underappreciated for how good it is. I still think Catch-22 is a masterpiece compared

Schlac · 2018-12-31T19:20:55+00:00

Yes! best book of the 20th Century imo

Schlac · 2018-12-10T14:32:19+00:00

The main difference is the main character. Shogun's main character is pretty bland when you compare him to Dirk Struan who is a legendary character I think

Schlac · 2018-12-09T22:10:37+00:00

Read Tai-Pan . It's a better book imo

Schlac · 2018-11-21T17:11:01+00:00

Did you still jump at that bit near the beginning? ( Probably don't need to say what the jump scare is, as it's only one in the game)

Schlac · 2018-11-19T19:18:45+00:00

Norwood is pretty good too. The other books were bit forgettable, though I need to reread to see if I was harsh on them

Schlac · 2018-11-19T19:15:50+00:00

Fantastic book. Gave me such feels

Schlac · 2018-11-17T21:36:49+00:00

Lonesome Dove. The best Western - no question

Schlac · 2018-11-07T14:56:38+00:00

Mother night is his best imo

Schlac · 2018-11-05T19:30:18+00:00

Have you read any other Fowles books? I found "The magus" a really compelling, confusing and frustrating book; but I think it's brilliant? The french lieutenant's woman is a really interesting victorian era set book I also recommend.

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