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Thursday January 31, 2008
Books in January
- Flashman on the March George MacDonald Fraser
I wanted to read a Flashman novel in commemoration of the author, who died on January 2 at the age of 82. He revived the cowardly bully from Tom Brown's Schooldays in 1969 to continue his caddish ways in the first of about a dozen novels. My tutor at college was very fond of these books and I feel his tastes were not to be dismissed lightly. However, I shall not be rushing to read any more.
George MacDonald Fraser also wrote the screenplay for Octopussy - again not one of my favourite Bond films, but possibly not the fault of the script. - Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell M C Beaton
Agatha moves on. Or perhaps not - her appeal for me is definitely woman in fifties behaving like teenager (mostly at its worst...).
"I have to go home. My feet are killing me"
"Such a shame. Those shoes look so glamorous"
Agatha smiled at Mrs Bloxby, who always managed to say the right thing. A lesser woman would have said: "You should wear sensible shoes.".
Posted by Christina at 10:06 PM. Category: Books of the Month
