Commencé avec beaucoup d'humour sur la surdité puis du suspense -que lui veut Alex Loom ? - et la misère de la vieillesse et de la vieillesse et la disparition de ses parents. Écrit à la première et troisième personne. Un livre qui n'est pas une entité, plutôt des notes séparées. Pas de fil. Manq...
As a fan of this authors previous books this one was a disappointment. While Lodge is a gifted writer his usual humorous style is missing from this book (with the exception of some amusing lines that are more predominant earlier in the book). This book reads as mostly an account of happenings fro...
The party was a handsome piece of flatulent sobriety, JR noted to himself. Glitters fluttered all around, bandy shanks of a particularly smelly vegetation filled the bodacious hall. No doubt, the decorators in their sheer genius prioritized the visceral over the nasal. It was going to be one of t...
Oh yes and...On fear of flying.One of the things I love about this series is he captures ordinary sensible fears of flying so well.I've just got off a plane, yet again without it falling down in a non-prescribed manner. But still, it's made me think about this situation.Have you ever been in a pl...
Anyone who actually listens to my opinions and bases their library picks on my star ratings (hi, mom!) deserves to know what the unusual fifth star represents. My stars make zero effort at even an obviously subjective judgment of how "good" I think a book is. Instead, the fourth star is a measure...