Book help

[crownliquor]

Can someone tell me what one is please?
Signed sevvy, aged 45 and a half. ;D





Anyone able to recommend any interesting newspaper reporter biographies please?

[immo]

;D ;D

Not sure what you mean by newspaper reporter biographies

[sevillian]

May 5, 2008 19:27:34 GMT crownliquor said:

Can someone tell me what one is please?
Signed sevvy, aged 45 and a half. ;D


You fuckin cheeky, big calfed second skin wearing, helmet like a mans cockhead wearing, non road tax paying, saddle sniffing cocksucking fuckpig, i'll let you know, i read a lot.


fuckin reporters, geezabrek, stick to darryl.

[immo]

;D ;D

[sevillian]

Heres the one i just finished, great read, try it.

www.eurocrime.co.uk/reviews/Winter%20in%20Madrid.html


heres another one i was reading at the same time(my bog book)

a bit heavy going, too much physcoanalyzing pish, you would have to know a lot more about freud,carl jung and a few other poncy intellectuals to fully understand it.

www.ciao.co.uk/The_Interpretation_of_Murder_Jed_Rubenfeld__Review_5689256

[onomatopoeia]

i am reading john diamond's book about his fight with cancer, it's pretty good, not sure if that's what you mean though

www.amazon.co.uk/C-Because-Cowards-Cancer-Too/dp/0091816653/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210024703&sr=8-1

[crownliquor]

Yeah sorry, wasn't very clear was it.

Am reading Hunter Davies - "The "Beatles", Football and Me " at the moment and finding his early journalism tales quite interesting, so would like any autobiographies written by newspaper journalists. Would really prefer an unheralded writer who worked on provincial papers.

Not looking forward to the rest of the book, as Davies comes across as a bit of a selfish cunt, especially towards his invalid father.

Thanks for the recs, but sevvy you're just a mong, and ono I can't do sadness.

[bewlay]

how we shafted rangers by peter lawell

[mita]

Still banned, bewls? ;D

[sevillian]

"and ono I can't do sadness."

As your the saddest cunt on the board, i beg to differ. ;D

[crownliquor]

That's a fair point sev.

[supermo]

Try and get hold of a couple of books by the late Mike Royko, a Chicago newspaper columnist who exposed Mayor Daley's corrupt regime with a great book called "Boss". Royko also has a few compilations, he wrote very funny columns about ordinary city life c. 60s - 80s.

James Cameron's Point of Departure is a classic read. Of his other books the ones about Israel and the Korean War are recommended. One of the last of an old breed of genuine war correspondents (rather than today's battleground tourists).

"Anyone Been Raped and Speaks English" - Ed Behr.

And for the highbrow: Ryszard Kapuscinski - the Soccer War and Shah of Shahs both good but have occasional long words, so be warned Crown.

[supermo]

May 5, 2008 21:54:49 GMT onomatopoeia said:

i am reading john diamond's book about his fight with cancer, it's pretty good, not sure if that's what you mean though

www.amazon.co.uk/C-Because-Cowards-Cancer-Too/dp/0091816653/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210024703&sr=8-1

The late* John Diamond was a fine man who stood his round and knew the value of his work. Spent a few drunken evenings in his company.

(* Oops have a I given away the ending?) ;D

[supermo]

May 6, 2008 18:27:44 GMT bewlay said:

how we shafted rangers by peter lawell

"How memory loss affects Rangers spokesmen when the Boot's on the Other Foot", by Walter Smith & David Murray (and the Laptop Loyal Chorus).

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/2951361.stm

Celtic branded moaners

Rangers forward Ronald de Boer has branded Old Firm rivals Celtic moaners for protesting over fixture congestion....

The reigning champions have accused the Scottish Premier League of bias for insisting they play Rangers in a potentially crucial league clash three days after their Uefa Cup second leg tie against Boavista in Portugal.

But de Boer said fixture pile-ups were part and parcel of being a top European club and advised Celtic to accept their lot.

"The date is set and that's it," the Dutchman said. "It could be negative for Celtic, but it could be negative for us if they come through the semi-final and are feeling great."


Yes Ronald. Quite.

[onomatopoeia]

May 6, 2008 17:34:38 GMT crownliquor said:

ono I can't do sadness.

better get used to, i think 9:38pm on Wednesday sounds like a good time to start....