So my last two purchases have well and truly blown my pretension to any sort of intellectual standing - and yes, I do realise that I didn't have much of a one in the first place! Anyway, as I bored told you the other day, SoD gave me a birthday present of a book written by the brother of one of his old university mates - The Europe Illusion by Stuart Sweeney. I had only devoured the first chapter and a bit when I lost the bloody thing - my bad! Anyway, I decided to buy a Kindle version but, dammit, Amazon, knowing my gruntish ways advised me that the latest Tom Wood thriller featuring 'Victor the Assassin' was on offer - natch! - I had to buy that, too. A private, mental wrestling match then ensued in which I had to decide which of the two books I would start first. Needless to say, 'Victor the Assassin' won over Victor Emmanuel!
I really don't think my brow can get much lower but, dammit, 'Victor' is such terrific fun, er, if assassination is your thing!
David, thanks to your habit of name dropping books...I am currently reading "1066 and All That", written decades ago. Talking about 'high brow'! If I had read this book ages ago, it would have cut down on my school work by months and condensed history to a weekend. Live and learn!
Posted by: Whitewall | Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 18:04
Ah yes, Whiters, "1066 and All That", scholarship of the very highest order! However, I think your final phrase above should be 'live and giggle'.
Posted by: David Duff | Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 21:50
David, you have just nudged me to find a book I read back in the sixties, when I was a budding surveyor!
Only the other day, I recalled some of the passages, and just couldn't remember the title , so began to worry!
One swift Google made it as clear as anything - it's 'The Honeywood File', and a fabulously funny way to understand building contracts! The sequel was 'The Honeywood settlement' - again, just as funny! Amazon, here we come!
Thank you a squillion times for 'the nudge'!
Posted by: Scrobs | Monday, 01 July 2019 at 06:59
"a fabulously funny way to understand building contracts!"
Er, well, Scrobs, each to his own.
Posted by: David Duff | Monday, 01 July 2019 at 08:49
Yeaaaaaaaaah...
Reading my comment again, crass seems apropriate!
Must say though, that it was a seminal book 100 years ago, and required reading to reduce the boredom of small print, etc., to below average!
But I take your point, David!
Posted by: Scrobs | Tuesday, 02 July 2019 at 07:10