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10-03-2018, 05:45 PM | #31 |
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This was the selection literary club selection in February 2013 so is not eligible yet for the NLBC (next year).
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10-03-2018, 05:55 PM | #34 |
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Aw, phooey. Sorry, I never checked. Oh well. There's a new book out about the case that inspired the novel--The Real Lolita by Sarah Weinman--so I'm planning to read both anyway.
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10-04-2018, 05:05 AM | #35 |
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I thought it was interesting to see Wikipedia's list of fiction with unreliable narrators. After my comments on our last discussion I was pleased to see Never Let Me Go on there. Also pleased to see Agatha Christie's Endless Night made the list - one of my favourites of hers, much better (in my eye) than the better known The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (because that always felt like a cheat to me). But it's missing Grisham's The Racketeer (though it is mentioned in their explanation page) ... I'd vote for the The Racketeer if someone wants to nominate it, it's a good read.
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I've been bouncing around among several options and have finally decided to go with The Go-Between by L.P. Hartley. Even those who haven't read it will know its famous opening line, "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there." People may also have seen the film with Julie Christie and Alan Bates; I wasn't aware of a 2015 BBC production until I started looking at links.
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Amazon US $10.99 | Amazon UK £4.99 | Amazon CA $10.99 | Amazon AU $14.99 344 pp. Last edited by issybird; 10-04-2018 at 08:28 AM. Reason: Invalid nomination. |
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10-04-2018, 08:13 AM | #37 |
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I shall use my other two votes to:
Third One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Second The Go-Between. I have never read the Kesey (though I saw the film a great many years ago). I have read and loved the Hartley, and would very happily read it again. Highly recommended! |
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Thanks for the correction. ETA: Bookpossum, you've got your third nomination back. Back to the drawing board for me. Last edited by issybird; 10-04-2018 at 08:28 AM. |
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10-04-2018, 08:33 AM | #40 |
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How do you do the strike-through? I should do that with poor Lolita.
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10-04-2018, 09:59 AM | #43 | |
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Alrighty, let's try again.
This time, I'm going to nominate Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay. While the book is told in the third person, I think it qualifies as that nebulous concept the unreliable third person narrator, as it starts off, "Whether Picnic at Hanging Rock is fact or fiction, my readers must decide for themselves." The issue of the truthfulness of the testimonies of the various witnesses to the event also fits in with the notion of lies and misdirections. There's a famous film and I see there's also a recent series which is available at Amazon Prime. From Wikipedia: Quote:
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I'm nominating Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke (2014, 293 pp.)
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Amazon Canada, CA $9.99 Amazon UK, £4.74 Amazon Australia, AU $7.47 Kobo U.S., $10.74 Kobo Canada, $9.99 Kobo UK, £4.79 Kobo Australia, AU $8.13 Available through Overdrive (e-book and audiobook), Hoopla (e-book and audiobook), RB Digital (audiobook), Axis360 (e-book), Freading (e-book), Scribd (e-book and audiobook). |
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10-04-2018, 10:50 AM | #45 |
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I'll second Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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