"Paula C. Hunter" <paulahunter DeleteThis @alltel.net> wrote in message
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> OMG reading your recommended WHEN THEY LAY BARE by Andrew Greig.
>
> So far it is WONDERFUL!!!!
Sorry to be a bit late catching up; just back from holiday. Glad you're
enjoying WHEN THEY LAY BARE; if you like it, you'll also like Andrew Greig's
other novels, especially THAT SUMMER (US title THE SKIES ABOVE) and his
latest, IN ANOTHER LIGHT.
Managed to do a lot of reading on holiday; nothing ghostly, but I'd
recommend THE FINAL CONFESSION OF MABEL STARK, a first novel by Canadian
writer Robert Hough. It's the (fictional) autobiography of the real Mabel
Stark, who was a centre ring attraction of (among other circuses) Ringling
Brothers in the 1920s and 1930s, and probably the greatest female tiger
trainer of all time. Funny, touching, gritty, and moving, and a wonderful
evocation of circus life back when circuses were the most popular form of
entertainment in America. Kate Winslet apparently optioned the film rights,
and she would be wonderful as Mabel.
Also got round to reading Buchan's THE 39 STEPS; a good, fast-paced romp,
but I can see why all three film versions have taken enormous liberties with
the central plot (for my money, the best version is the 1978 one starring
Robert Powell; sorry to all the Hitchcock fans out there). And I've long
been meaning to get round to Proust, and read the first volume of IN SEARCH
OF LOST TIME; beautiful writing, although not, perhaps, ideal holiday
reading with an excited seven-year-old bounding in asking if we can roast
marshmallows. . . .
Barbara
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