Books for me hols

takethehighroad
takethehighroad Posts: 6,827
edited August 2010 in The bottom bracket
I'm going away soon (Turkey for a week, Malaysia for two) and need some reading matter.

I had a nosey in Smiths yesterday and they've got buy one get one half price.

Can anyone recommend an interesting autobiography to read? I've heard Frankie Boyle's is good, what about Dara O'Briain's?

They don't have to humourous either, but that would be a bonus. Also, a crime thriller wouldn't go amiss, I'm a big fan of the Fleming Bond novels and the more recent Bourne type ones

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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Freehubs Guide to Cycle racing. You get a free set of plasters with every purchase.
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  • Homer J
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    The Bible, i've read it so i won't spoil the ending for you :wink:
  • Flasheart
    Flasheart Posts: 1,278
    Homer J wrote:
    The Bible, i've read it so i won't spoil the ending for you :wink:

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  • Aggieboy
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    I enjoy autobiographies that give an incite into the subjects psyche. I enjoyed Sir Steve Redgrave's one. Not autobiographies but enjoyable are 'The Crossing' by James Cracknell and Ben Fogle (good incite into different mindsets). Another one I enjoyed was 'Four Men In A Boat' the inside story about the coxless four's Sydney gold. One more is 'Close To The Wind' about Pete Goss, who was honoured by France for his actions during the Vendee Globe race. I should point out that I don't row or sail but just found them enjoyable. They're all quite old now so you may get them cheap.
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  • brakelever
    brakelever Posts: 158
    dont know about autobiogs but while lazing about in italy this year much taken with a book called the boys of everest by clint willis , about the cutting edge climbers of 60/70s just made me cold reading it. :lol:
  • bikey2009
    bikey2009 Posts: 121
    Daniel Silva, and his stories about the Israily secret service seem to be about on the button. (fiction books).
  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Freehubs Guide to Cycle racing. You get a free set of plasters with every purchase.

    Bhimas guide to racing takes this to another level entirely. The chapter where he's doing laps of the CERN circuit and is pacing the Higgs boson is worth the cover price alone.
    ...plus you get a free banana with every copy. :wink:
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,264
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    They don't have to humourous either, but that would be a bonus. Also, a crime thriller wouldn't go amiss, I'm a big fan of the Fleming Bond novels and the more recent Bourne type ones

    How about a humourous crime thriller? Well, not especially thrillers, but humourous crime novels.

    Have a look at Carl Hiaasen's novels. I'd recommend Stormy Weather, Lucky You and Tourist Season in particular.
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  • gregster10217
    gregster10217 Posts: 469
    I enjoy Mark Billingham for the crime thrillers, there are about 6 now, bu start with the first one as the next couple involve the same characters.

    Lee Child is another favourite of mine. Written a series of novels with a character called Jack Reacher. Very enjoyable reading
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  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    As your going to Turkey how about Midnight Express.
  • anto164
    anto164 Posts: 3,500
    i'm currently reading Frankie Boyles bio..

    Not too great if you don't want to annoy the people you're with.. There's a laugh out loud moment every page.

    Waterstones has a 3 for 2 offer on atm too if you want a wider selection.
  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    Stewart Lee's biog/ inner workings of a stand up comic type book 'How I escaped my certain fate' isn't long out, am only part way through it but so far it has been good stuff.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Holidays are for books you never had the patience for the rest of the year.

    Nothing like a day at the beach to rip through some monster that reads like treacle.


    If you are a little sensitive to existentialist thought, give The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera a go. It's quite life changing...
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