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Yes, When We Were Orphans is a great read and reminds me of Remains of The Day in it's style... written in an old-fashioned English (it's based in the 1930s).
I'm not sure about where you buy English books there, but I have just ordered a bunch of Mick Herron novels from Book Depository. It's based in the US, but delivery to Taiwan is free and the actual prices are cheap - much cheaper than I could buy books here....
https://www.bookdepository.com/
You beat me to it. I was also going to point out to Graham that Ishiguro is one of my favorite authors, as is Ian McEwen that he also referenced weeks ago.
2 years agoHi,
We have similar taste in authors. I’ve read a couple of Ishiguro’s books, not the one you have, though, and have enjoyed them thoroughly. Let me know if you like it and I’ll put that on the list of to-be-read books.
The grill photos are very interesting. Not the sort of thing we see around here, and with variety and style. Do I sense a series in the making?
Cheers,
Keith
I later found a string with a few more on... very small ones that look like ceramic. I'll let you know what Debbie thinks.
2 years agoHi,
Those are beads to make an archeologist drool. And very nicely mounted. I showed them to my wife and she approves. Im sure Debbie will love them.
Cheers,
Keith
It reminds me of Fozzie Bear.
2 years agoHard to interpret. Is he screaming at me, or laughing, or grimacing in pain, or sticking his tongue out?
2 years agoReally nice!
2 years agoThanks... We'll see what Debbie thinks. I think she'll like them.
2 years agoLooks great!
2 years agoI should have taken a close-up of the welly!
2 years agoAmericans might say 'smallholding', but these can be quite big. It's UK vocab and the definition in the Cambridge dictionary is: a small piece of ground in or just outside a town that a person rents for growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers.
2 years agoWith a boot, to boot!
2 years agoWhat is an allotment?
2 years ago
I recently read his novel Never Let Me Go and didn't really enjoy that one. It's a bit of a downer. The reviews are very good, though - better than for When We Were Orphans.
2 years agoYou may not have had the chance to read any Mick Herron books. He's another English author. I'm going through his series of Jackson lamb novels (a slobby MI5 agent)....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Herron