Having read some Christopher Hitchens and some of his right wing brother Peter (Peter is sort of the Pat Buchanan of England), I have one question -- What was in the water in the Hitchens' house when they were growing up? I do like one comment supposedly made by Father Rutler to Christopher Hitchens during some sort of debate on atheism. Rutler said to Hitchens -- "You will either die a Catholic or a madman". (I say supposedly, because I can find no original statement, only secondary and tertiary sources -- it is so perfect a statement to that I think it is not true )
I love this one. I have on DVD as well.... His other stuff is good too but this is the cream of the crop for me.
Interesting line. If I track down a source, I'll let you know. When I read parts of Missionary Positions my first thought was that someone in the Vatican is going to be pretty happy to have this book -- namely, the guy who plays "Devil's Advocate" in Mother Teresa's beatification process. He won't have to do anywhere near the legwork that he would've for someone else.
A British science fiction anthology from the early 60s that I found in a used book store. Because of the disporportionate importance of short stories in SF, I'm always in the lookout for collections with unfamiliar stories.
American Theocracy, written by Kevin Phillips, a Republican strategist that once served in the Nixon Administration. Started out fairly good. Right now the book is discussing oil and all its history and future implications on our politics. Dabbled a little bit into how oil made the U.S. "the" power, just as technical genius and water made the Dutch and coal made the British, and then goes into how once technical genius and water faded so did the Dutch and when coal faded so did the British. Other parts I haven't got to yet are the hold of religion on the country as well as our debt problem, and the dangers of these three (oil, religion, debt).
Montaign is THE MAN. Anyway, rereading one of my favorites from college. It holds up surprisingly well.
I've read a lot of Julie Garwood books and I like those type of romance books but at the moment I'm reading, Paradise by Judith McNaught.
I put Nobody's Fool on hold. Reading The Far Pavillions by M.M. Kaye. Half way through it. Will be reading The Golden Gate by Doris Lessing next (I'd meant to read that book for years, but now that she won "the prize", I have to read it).
wow, i had no idea camilleri was available in english.....his books are written in a unique mixture of italian and sicilian, i wonder how they managed to translate that in english....i guess i'll get myself a copy.
Obviously meant The Golden Notebook. I also have a copy of The Four-Gated City and if I like The Golden Notebook it will be the next one I read.
I liked it. I also have The Voice Of The Violin, in English, on my reading list pile (next to the computer).
A few good stories from his drinking/playing days; his medical problems and how he came to be born again, both spiritually and physically.