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Much the same. I used to love his writing, but always preferred the ones with human monsters (Misery, Dolores Claireborne, for example) than any unrealistic supernatural stuff. The guy is (was?) an absolute master of tension. Also loved The Stand - epic storytelling. Then I read 'Under the...

I'm 2/3 through the Johnny Marr autobiography, Set The Boy Free. The story is more interesting than his writing. I'm sucked in because I'm fascinated by the subject matter - the background to the songs I grew up to. If I were about a band I have no interest in, then the writing / story would...

How are you getting along with it, now? Shantaram is the very definition of epic. Its a lot to get your head around - just remembering what's gone on / how characters link / etc. Is the follow up similar?

What did you make of this, please??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dynamo-Andy-Dougan/dp/1841153192 Dynamo by Andy Dougan, is my recommendation. Absolutely fantastic book. Probably not for you, if you are one for happy endings, mind.

FA Confidential, by David Davies.

I am reading a book by a chap called Jim Roirdan, titled "Comrade Jim (The spy who played for Spartak)". Fella was a amateur footballer with leftish leanings, conscripted during the height of the cold war, and taught Russian by the British intelligence services, then sent to Berlin to eavesdrop...

Very good point. f***ing charlatans.

I am currently not reading a book, but I do know that one of my Father's Day presents on Sunday, is going to be 'Baghdad Utd'.