Ooh ooh ooh so many! Tell you what, I'll name a few and then you can eliminate the ones you've already read. There's no need to be so prolific in your counter-recommendations if you can't think of anything, though.
Pictures in the Cave by George Mackay Brown - poetic Orcadian magical realism. Small Island by Andrea Levy - one of my favourite books written in the last few years, it's a wry but very lovingly written story about post- and during- WWII Jamaican immigration to the UK. I remember recommending 'Jacob's Gift' by Jonathan Freedland to you, although it's aimed at non-Jews with little knowledge of Judaism: it's a heartfelt account of British Judaism told through his family's story.And definitely, always, The Sopranos by Alan Warner.
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2010-04-28 09:17 pm (UTC)Pictures in the Cave by George Mackay Brown - poetic Orcadian magical realism. Small Island by Andrea Levy - one of my favourite books written in the last few years, it's a wry but very lovingly written story about post- and during- WWII Jamaican immigration to the UK. I remember recommending 'Jacob's Gift' by Jonathan Freedland to you, although it's aimed at non-Jews with little knowledge of Judaism: it's a heartfelt account of British Judaism told through his family's story.And definitely, always, The Sopranos by Alan Warner.