Two (or more) books at once

ROBBIE wrote:

 > Coming Up For Brideshead
 >
 > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat insurance
 > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the grounds of
 > Brideshead Castle.
 >
 > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
 >
 > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the south
 > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as beastly
 > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
 >
 > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
 >
 > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
 > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate crime of
 > brewing tea in an enamel pot.

LOL.

Tropic of Vache Enragee

Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends badly with
samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.

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Martha Bridegam wrote:

 > ROBBIE wrote:
 >
  > > Coming Up For Brideshead
  > >
  > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat insurance
  > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the grounds of
  > > Brideshead Castle.
  > >
  > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
  > >
  > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the south
  > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as beastly
  > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
  > >
  > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
  > >
  > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
  > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate crime of
  > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
 >
 > LOL.
 >
 > Tropic of Vache Enragee
 >
 > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends badly with
 > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
 >
 > /M

Homage to the Sierra Madre

Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.

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Martha Bridegam wrote:

 > Martha Bridegam wrote:
 >
  > > ROBBIE wrote:
  > >
   > > > Coming Up For Brideshead
   > > >
   > > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat insurance
   > > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the grounds of
   > > > Brideshead Castle.
   > > >
   > > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
   > > >
   > > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the south
   > > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as beastly
   > > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
   > > >
   > > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
   > > >
   > > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
   > > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate crime of
   > > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
  > >
  > > LOL.
  > >
  > > Tropic of Vache Enragee
  > >
  > > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends badly with
  > > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
  > >
  > > /M
 >
 > Homage to the Sierra Madre
 >
 > Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.
 >
 > /M

Raffles and the Orchid Thief

Declassé English gentleman goes on the lam in the Everglades, begins beautiful
friendship with Charlie Kaufman.

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"Martha Bridegam" <mabjo.RemoveThis@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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 >
 >
 > Martha Bridegam wrote:
 >
  > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
  > >
   > > > ROBBIE wrote:
   > > >
   > > > > Coming Up For Brideshead
   > > > >
   > > > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat
insurance
   > > > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the
grounds of
   > > > > Brideshead Castle.
   > > > >
   > > > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
   > > > >
   > > > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the
south
   > > > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as
beastly
   > > > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
   > > > >
   > > > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
   > > > >
   > > > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
   > > > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate
crime of
   > > > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
   > > >
   > > > LOL.
   > > >
   > > > Tropic of Vache Enragee
   > > >
   > > > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends
badly with
   > > > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
   > > >
   > > > /M
  > >
  > > Homage to the Sierra Madre
  > >
  > > Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.
  > >
  > > /M
 >
 > Raffles and the Orchid Thief
 >
 > Declassé English gentleman goes on the lam in the Everglades, begins
beautiful
 > friendship with Charlie Kaufman.
 >
 > /M


The Lion, the Witch and the Unicorn.

Famous author George Orwell crawls through a hole in the back of his
wardrobe to find himself in England in early 21st century. And...





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ROBBIE wrote:

 > "Martha Bridegam" <mabjo.RemoveThis@pacbell.net> wrote in message
 > news:4071D6A8.930A586A@pacbell.net...
  > >
  > >
  > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
  > >
   > > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
   > > >
   > > > > ROBBIE wrote:
   > > > >
   > > > > > Coming Up For Brideshead
   > > > > >
   > > > > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat
 > insurance
   > > > > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the
 > grounds of
   > > > > > Brideshead Castle.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the
 > south
   > > > > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as
 > beastly
   > > > > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
   > > > > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate
 > crime of
   > > > > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
   > > > >
   > > > > LOL.
   > > > >
   > > > > Tropic of Vache Enragee
   > > > >
   > > > > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends
 > badly with
   > > > > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
   > > > >
   > > > > /M
   > > >
   > > > Homage to the Sierra Madre
   > > >
   > > > Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.
   > > >
   > > > /M
  > >
  > > Raffles and the Orchid Thief
  > >
  > > Declassé English gentleman goes on the lam in the Everglades, begins
 > beautiful
  > > friendship with Charlie Kaufman.
  > >
  > > /M
 >
 > The Lion, the Witch and the Unicorn.
 >
 > Famous author George Orwell crawls through a hole in the back of his
 > wardrobe to find himself in England in early 21st century. And...
 >
  > >
  > >
  > >

Joel's got a howler:

"East of Martin Eden."

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Martha Bridegam wrote:

 > ROBBIE wrote:
 >
  > > "Martha Bridegam" <mabjo DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote in message
  > > news:4071D6A8.930A586A@pacbell.net...
   > > >
   > > >
   > > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
   > > >
   > > > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
   > > > >
   > > > > > ROBBIE wrote:
   > > > > >
   > > > > > > Coming Up For Brideshead
   > > > > > >
   > > > > > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat
  > > insurance
   > > > > > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the
  > > grounds of
   > > > > > > Brideshead Castle.
   > > > > > >
   > > > > > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
   > > > > > >
   > > > > > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the
  > > south
   > > > > > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as
  > > beastly
   > > > > > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
   > > > > > >
   > > > > > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
   > > > > > >
   > > > > > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
   > > > > > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate
  > > crime of
   > > > > > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > LOL.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Tropic of Vache Enragee
   > > > > >
   > > > > > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends
  > > badly with
   > > > > > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
   > > > > >
   > > > > > /M
   > > > >
   > > > > Homage to the Sierra Madre
   > > > >
   > > > > Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.
   > > > >
   > > > > /M
   > > >
   > > > Raffles and the Orchid Thief
   > > >
   > > > Declassé English gentleman goes on the lam in the Everglades, begins
  > > beautiful
   > > > friendship with Charlie Kaufman.
   > > >
   > > > /M
  > >
  > > The Lion, the Witch and the Unicorn.
  > >
  > > Famous author George Orwell crawls through a hole in the back of his
  > > wardrobe to find himself in England in early 21st century. And...
  > >
   > > >
   > > >
   > > >
 >
 > Joel's got a howler:
 >
 > "East of Martin Eden."
 >
 > /M

He's churning 'em out:

"Darkness at High Noon." And many more.

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Martha Bridegam <mabjo DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote in message news:<40723709.AAC9CDA8 DeleteThis @pacbell.net>...
> Martha Bridegam wrote:
>
> > ROBBIE wrote:
> >
> > > "Martha Bridegam" <mabjo DeleteThis @pacbell.net> wrote in message
> > > news:4071D6A8.930A586A@pacbell.net...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Martha Bridegam wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > ROBBIE wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Coming Up For Brideshead
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A fop with false teeth from a rich catholic family seduces a fat
> insurance
> > > > > > > salesman with a teddy bear who is looking for a small pond in the
> grounds of
> > > > > > > Brideshead Castle.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > A Handful of Boys' Weeklies.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Billy Bunter and Bob Cherry join an ill-fated expedition in the
> south
> > > > > > > American jungle where they discover that Indian savages are just as
> beastly
> > > > > > > as English schoolboys and that Dickens is a frightful bore.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Down and Out In the Heart of Darkness.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Orwell pursues Kurtz, a psychopathic plongeur, through the filthiest
> > > > > > > kitchens in 20s Paris until he finds him committing the ultimate
> crime of
> > > > > > > brewing tea in an enamel pot.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > LOL.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tropic of Vache Enragee
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Richard Grant and Uma Thurman forget what movie they're in. It ends
> badly with
> > > > > > samurai swords at the Quat'z Arts Ball.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > /M
> > > > >
> > > > > Homage to the Sierra Madre
> > > > >
> > > > > Humphrey Bogart forgets what movie he's in but gets well paid for it.
> > > > >
> > > > > /M
> > > >
> > > > Raffles and the Orchid Thief
> > > >
> > > > Declassé English gentleman goes on the lam in the Everglades, begins
> beautiful
> > > > friendship with Charlie Kaufman.
> > > >
> > > > /M
> > >
> > > The Lion, the Witch and the Unicorn.
> > >
> > > Famous author George Orwell crawls through a hole in the back of his
> > > wardrobe to find himself in England in early 21st century. And...
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Joel's got a howler:
> >
> > "East of Martin Eden."
> >
> > /M
>
> He's churning 'em out:
>
> "Darkness at High Noon." And many more.
>
> /M

"A Dance to the Music of Punishment"

X Trapnel gets pissed out of his mind and hacks Widmerpool to death
with an axe. Agonises about it.
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Nigee wrote:

> ....<snipping previous items for economy>
>
> "A Dance to the Music of Punishment"
>
> X Trapnel gets pissed out of his mind and hacks Widmerpool to death
> with an axe. Agonises about it.

"A Moveable Feast of Snakes": the underbelly of the American South comes home to roost on the
Left Bank.

We've also been speculating here about the works of John Updike Sinclair Lewis Carroll Oates
but can't come up with a plot that fits.


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Want to learn the latest buzz on all those hip despots of the 20th century -
their loves, their needs, their wants?

What really drives the socialist heros like Duranty, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler
- Find out this and more in "Mein Kapital" (oink,oink)
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moyehoist.TakeThisOut@aol.com (Moyehoist) wrote in message news:<20040407233229.29389.00000880.TakeThisOut@mb-m11.aol.com>...
> Want to learn the latest buzz on all those hip despots of the 20th century -
> their loves, their needs, their wants?
>
> What really drives the socialist heros like Duranty, Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler
> - Find out this and more in "Mein Kapital" (oink,oink)

"Politics and the English Patient"
A wounded soldier falls in love with a nurse who later leaves him
because of his terrible diction.

100 Years of Animal Farm
The story of a tiny Communist state isolated in the ambiguous heart of
Central America.

Naked and Dead in Paris and London

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 >Jane Eyre
Mansfield Park:

Jane Mansfield

The poor relation of a close-knit Northampton family is sent to a corrupt
Ladies Academy where she is put on a starvation diet. Deeply ashamed of her
plummetting weight, she swoons and hallucinates a fantastical city in which
the vagaries of weight of certain elect females are aired unblushingly in
gazettes. She wakes to find herself engaged as a governess at Thornwood.
Fate is teasing her because the wonderful place she dreamt of had an
uncanily similar name -- Hollywood.

Down and Out in Paris and London
1984:

Dateline London 1984

This book was smuggled out of 'Airstrip One', having first travelled around
there in zamizdat. By posing as a prole Vincent Shean Jr. was able to elude
the security net and slip into the Ministry of Truth. Sheean lived in spikes
and washed dishes. This book with photographs is the first to convey the
horror of life today in what was once a bastion of freedom.

Kiss of the Spider Woman
The Primal Scream:

Scream of the Primal Donna

A transvestite and a leftist student are put into the same jail cell in a
Latin-American country. The transvestite teaches the leftist that there are
avenues to action that do not invoke Hegel. She teaches him how to make
noises like a stricken elephant-cow, how to jump queues through tsking, how
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Rachel wrote:

> ...Naked and Dead in Paris and London

<groan>

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Afternoon Belsky! My it's getting like old times round here...



"Edward Belsky" <edwardbelsky DeleteThis @worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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  > >Jane Eyre
 > Mansfield Park:
 >
 > Jane Mansfield
 >
 > The poor relation of a close-knit Northampton family is sent to a corrupt
 > Ladies Academy where she is put on a starvation diet. Deeply ashamed of
her
 > plummetting weight, she swoons and hallucinates a fantastical city in
which
 > the vagaries of weight of certain elect females are aired unblushingly in
 > gazettes. She wakes to find herself engaged as a governess at Thornwood.
 > Fate is teasing her because the wonderful place she dreamt of had an
 > uncanily similar name -- Hollywood.
 >
 > Down and Out in Paris and London
 > 1984:
 >
 > Dateline London 1984
 >
 > This book was smuggled out of 'Airstrip One', having first travelled
around
 > there in zamizdat. By posing as a prole Vincent Shean Jr. was able to
elude
 > the security net and slip into the Ministry of Truth. Sheean lived in
spikes
 > and washed dishes. This book with photographs is the first to convey the
 > horror of life today in what was once a bastion of freedom.
 >
 > Kiss of the Spider Woman
 > The Primal Scream:
 >
 > Scream of the Primal Donna
 >
 > A transvestite and a leftist student are put into the same jail cell in a
 > Latin-American country. The transvestite teaches the leftist that there
are
 > avenues to action that do not invoke Hegel. She teaches him how to make
 > noises like a stricken elephant-cow, how to jump queues through tsking,
how
 > to get in touch with your shopping id. The student discovers that these
 > methods work like a charm
 >
 >
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