Reading a Dame's work.

Yes I ripped the blog address off NLB's commendable exercise, so let me take half a minute to express my heartfelt appreciation for the institution. Without it, my mind would never have been able to travel to so many sunny resorts and collapsing dungeons. Nor would I have been able to learn the existence of words like 'erstwhile' and 'flummoxed'.

Welcome to those who've stumbled on this record of my reading list. It is for me to remember what I read and what it was about, because the capacity of my memory embarrasses me. And I know it can be useful to have a direction-pointer when you don't know what to read, so I hope you will find something that eventually makes your list of 'Top Ten Best Reads'. Have a good trip.



Title: Aiding and abetting.
Author: Muriel Spark.

Finished it a few days ago, and really enjoyed it. Was pointed to her books by Lorna Landvik's "Angry Housewives eating Bon Bons", which I've mentioned somewhere else. My apologies for being repetitive. Anyway, it's where I picked up several threads, including Spark's "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie".

If you're looking for a bit of dark entertainment, you might like this. Did not expect it to confuse but it did, in a good way though. Kept the tempo up. The ending is typical of Brit humour novelists (think Wodehouse), in that it is a happy one. You may not totally agree if you are a pure kindhearted soul, but it definitely made me smile especially when I envisioned Spark's glee at writing Lucan's fate.

Okay that's all I can think of, for now.