Which one?
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:15 (three years ago) link
Oh right, both were published the same year. Le Bal du comte d'Orgel is the one I had in mind.
― pomenitul, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
voted for Cane, which I haven't read in two decades so don't remember very well but--assuming I'm not mixing it up with another book--I think is excellent
― rob, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
went Sayers, that's good 'un
― Neil S, Monday, 7 December 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
I suspect there are better books on this list than Whose Body, but I haven't read them, and it's a solid intro to a great series, so that's the one I'm going with.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 7 December 2020 17:34 (three years ago) link
I really should read Cane, though.
any other great novels about future members of Joy Division coming up?
― Stevolende, Monday, 7 December 2020 17:54 (three years ago) link
I did read a chunk of the Aleister Crowley at one point years ago.Think I've read several Dr Doolittle but not sure which.Also L Frank baum
― Stevolende, Monday, 7 December 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
I need to read the Svevo. I have it! Charlton's greatest blue plaque
― imago, Monday, 7 December 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
antic hay and murder on the links are both good not bad. decent argument for antic hay being quite groundbreaking at the time and being one of the better things ahuxley wrote.
― Fizzles, Monday, 7 December 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
Cane for me. A hallucinatory masterpiece.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 7 December 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
I really need to read that one, it sounds amazing.
― pomenitul, Monday, 7 December 2020 18:44 (three years ago) link
Is Antic Hay the one where two guys are talking while one of them scratches a hog's back with a rake or something and the hog is grunting and one of the guys says he wishes he could feel that kind of pleasure? Good moment; the only thing I remember about whichever book it was alas (read it in late 70s, v relatable apparently or wouldn't have retained that much).
― dow, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:48 (three years ago) link
OK still relate.
― dow, Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:49 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 9 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 10 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
I voted for Green Wheat wtf!
#shadowbanned
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 10 December 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
A vote for Crowley!
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 10 December 2020 09:00 (three years ago) link
Quick, check the exits - we've got a secret Crowley fan!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 10 December 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
it was not me.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 10 December 2020 13:01 (three years ago) link
Wodehouse triumphant at last! Glad I didn't include The Inimitable Jeeves, would've split the vote (more of a short story collection anyway).
Wherein We Elect Our Favourite Novels of 1924
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 10 December 2020 13:29 (three years ago) link
Svevo robbed tbh
― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 10 December 2020 14:27 (three years ago) link
High on my wishlist is a Leave it to Psmith television adaptation.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:48 (three years ago) link
There were some interesting ideas in teh Crowley taht I remember. Like the manifestation in this plane of ponly one onion skin like layer of something deific. Stuck in my head since my mid teens.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 10 December 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link