In a message dated 24/07/01 01:50:00 GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< my favorite author ever? robertson davies. start with 'the deptford
trilogy', very available in the viking edition paperback, even in most of
your used-book stores i'll bet.
>>
Well Patrick, call me Exhibit A: I've just finished the Deptford trilogy, and
I did indeed find it in a secondhand book stall, for the princely sum of
about 4 bucks. It's as stimulating and engrossing as you'd expect from him,
although if pressed I'd still say I prefer the Cornish trilogy. I've got The
Cunning Man waiting in the wings...
My current reading is somewhat different: Why You Don't Need Meat by Patrick
Cox. In a sense it's preaching to the converted, though that didn't stop me
wincing at several points. Its description of the BSE (Mad Cow Disease)
fiasco in Britain mixes farce and tragedy in equal proportions, and, most
tragically of all, prefigures the current Foot & Mouth crisis in most
particulars. The most impressive thing about this book is the exhaustive
research (I'm not going into that now, I don't feel like starting a war :-) -
and it's actually very well written too.
Azeem in London
