What are you reading at the moment ?

[Barrow-wight aka MELLON]

;D Finished one Fukuyama and dived straight into another one, LOL .... His books are actually worth reading ! Though there are many who try to tear Fukuyama to pieces. ;D

Francis Fukuyama : TRUST: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order

[mary]

Ivan Bunin...novels...beautiful book and..wanderfully smelling!....mmmmm...

(thank you Yevgeny )

[Barrow-wight aka MELLON]

I Just finished reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson.


Btw. Would you believe it .... this is Dr. Gonzo himself :



And this is the way J. Depp portrayed him in the film.





And to provide a taste of the book (just selected decent part of it, of course !) ;D

Turn up the radio. Turn up the tape machine. Look into the sunset up ahead. Roll the windows down for a better taste of the cool desert wind. Ah yes. This is what it's all about. Total control now. Tooling along the main drag on a Saturday night in Las Vegas, two good old boys in a fireapple-red convertible .... stoned, ripped, twisted .... Good People. ;D

[Paulo]

Books too read!

Jim Marrs: Rule By Secrecy

Greg Palast: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

David Icke: And The Truth Shall Set You Free

Edward O. Wilson: The Future Of Life


Divine Propaganda! Read it! Think about it! Enjoy!!

[Barrow-wight aka MELLON]

Thank you for the tips, Paulo !


I have just finished reading The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson. It is not exactly a cheerful reading, however it is worth reading.

You may also check out this web ring I just discovered : there are samples, discussions etc. : www.capitolabookcafe.com/RumRing.html


At this very moment I am reading - by the same author - Fear and Loathing on the Campaing Trail: '72 .

Though I think this book can be best enjoyed by US citizens, it is quite interesting reading for an outsider like myself, LOL. In fact just to be given description of Washington DC back in 1972 is interesting ... I know Washington DC, including some of its major institutions, as of late 1990s. ;D


The other books by the same author I just brought from the UK and are waiting to be read are these :

Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century



Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Trapped Like a Rat in Mr.Bill's Neighbourhood

[mary]

I've just finished to read one of the most funny and well written book I ever read:

JAMAICA!!!
by Guy Kennaway

;D ;D ;D ;D

"Guy Kennaway lives in Wales, London and Jamaica. This is his third novel having been the past recipient of the Hawthornden Fellowship, the runner-up in the Shiva Naipul Prize in 1989 and the winner of the Collins Scottish Short Story Competition in 1986. One People is the fruit of having spent a great deal of time in Jamaica."

" Drawing on extensive time spent there, the author creates a slice of small-town Jamaica in his depiction of Cousins Cove, where everybody has a say in everything and no secret, dispute or relationship is private."
...from the web..

ENJOY!