What are you reading?

[Rutland Rod]

Two recent big sellers and one old one from 1971 on my hunting interest

[Champ]

Wilding by Isabella Tree was a real eye opener for me RR.I could say that its mind blowing from the farming to wildlife point of view.But i had better not .......

[JohnClyde]

The perfect lockdown book...Huysmans' 'Against Nature' - a healthy blast of misanthropy, viciousness and refinement.

Got J.A. Baker's Peregrine lined up next which is supposed to be magnificent in literary terms as much as it is in subject matter.

Have you read La Bas (Down there) it’s a superb read.

Ah, no I've not read La Bas. I'll put it on the list. I've just finished Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (I've got mixed feelings), so I can do without anymore angsty nihilistic black mass darkness stuff for at least a few months!

Up next is Cyril Connolly, so quite a change of pace; cucumber sandwiches to McCarthy's 5lb porterhouse BBQ steak.

[Pallenpool]

The perfect lockdown book...Huysmans' 'Against Nature' - a healthy blast of misanthropy, viciousness and refinement.

Got J.A. Baker's Peregrine lined up next which is supposed to be magnificent in literary terms as much as it is in subject matter.

Have you read La Bas (Down there) it’s a superb read.

Ah, no I've not read La Bas. I'll put it on the list. I've just finished Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (I've got mixed feelings), so I can do without anymore angsty nihilistic black mass darkness stuff for at least a few months!

Up next is Cyril Connolly, so quite a change of pace; cucumber sandwiches to McCarthy's 5lb porterhouse BBQ steak.

If you have not read Cyril Connolly’s Unquiet Grave written under the pseudonym Palinurus - I can strongly recommend this to you - very interesting reading indeed - if not a little of its time - but none the less excellent. Apologies for the recommendations - but we seem to treading along very similar paths.
Peter

[JohnClyde]

We do indeed Peter! And it IS a copy of the Unquiet Grave sat waiting to be read.

[Pallenpool]

We do indeed Peter! And it IS a copy of the Unquiet Grave sat waiting to be read.

Crikey we are walking in each other’s footsteps.........
I hope you enjoy his commentary on so many things.

Peter

[Silfield]

Dipping in and out off these two at the moment but leaning more towards Wetlands due partially to the local interest and the way the information is portrayed in Mr. Bellamy's book.

[Santiago]

Venable's A Fisherman's Testament, to get myself in the mood for the coming season!

[Aitch]

It was our 34th wedding anniversary on Sunday and my good lady bought me this...


I shall start it tonight with a glass of something nice...

[Cane]

Dipping in and out off these two at the moment but leaning more towards Wetlands due partially to the local interest and the way the information is portrayed in Mr. Bellamy's book.

David Bellamy! There was a man who knew his stuff! In my humble opinion, no one since, on TV has lived up to him as a presenter.