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I'm back on books due to a three hour round commute and as much as I despise public transport for the delays, expense and most significantly other commuters I must say reading again regularly is splendid.
I have read these in the last fortnight;
I attempted this a while back but found it hard going due mostly to the fact I'm a bit of a dullard with books and something as simple as all the characters having unfamiliar names was too much for me. It's brilliant though and very funny despite the historical back drop - it's based around the exploits of a team of Hungarian basketball players between the end of the second world war and right up to the short-lived Hungarian revolution. What starts out as a fairly knock-about coming of age tale soon becomes something all together more moving.
Diverting biography which avoids a lot of the well covered Python stuff in favour of Graham's more personal exploits.
I was slightly hesitant to read this (see earlier in this thread if you can be arsed - I wouldn't recommend it especially) as it's made up of three of his live performances and as a massive fan of Stewart Lee I am more than familiar with these three performances however it's worth a read due to the thoroughly distracting and substantial footnotes which gives much insight and deliberation over the material. One of the few books which has made me laugh like a tit on the train.
I'll shut up now.
UPDATE - I like how the books go from big to small.
I have read these in the last fortnight;
I attempted this a while back but found it hard going due mostly to the fact I'm a bit of a dullard with books and something as simple as all the characters having unfamiliar names was too much for me. It's brilliant though and very funny despite the historical back drop - it's based around the exploits of a team of Hungarian basketball players between the end of the second world war and right up to the short-lived Hungarian revolution. What starts out as a fairly knock-about coming of age tale soon becomes something all together more moving.
Diverting biography which avoids a lot of the well covered Python stuff in favour of Graham's more personal exploits.
I was slightly hesitant to read this (see earlier in this thread if you can be arsed - I wouldn't recommend it especially) as it's made up of three of his live performances and as a massive fan of Stewart Lee I am more than familiar with these three performances however it's worth a read due to the thoroughly distracting and substantial footnotes which gives much insight and deliberation over the material. One of the few books which has made me laugh like a tit on the train.
I'll shut up now.
UPDATE - I like how the books go from big to small.
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