16-10-2016, 09:37 PM
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I've always been an almost obsessive reader. As a child, my parents used to complain that they never saw me as I was either out playing in the fields and woods near our home, or in my bedroom reading. Although we were a pretty poor working class family, as a 9/10 year old, I loved Richmal Crompton's 'Just William' novels which appealed greatly to my natural sense of rebellion. The fact that William came from a wealthy middle class family (they had a 'phone' for goodness sake - and they had a cook and a car!) never really registered at the time - we were brothers in spirit and that was all that mattered. I soon discovered politics through literature and devoured Jack London, George Orwell and a little later, Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller. Between them, their books helped me develop my rebellious but cynical approach to politics. Actual experience has only confirmed my youthful prejudices. Nowadays I don't trust anyone in politics - even those I agree with!
18-10-2016, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by malcolm
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I love to read and get through a book a week or so.However the only book that actually changed my life was my pension book
27-10-2016, 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Joe
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Several books: 1. Know your MP - a lovely little tome written by Andre Deutsch.
2. Karl Marx's magnum opus - Das Kapital
3. State and Revolution - V.I.Lenin
30-12-2016, 10:40 PM
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I read all the T Lobsang Rampa's in my early twenties and they turned my thinking upside down.The same with Zecharia Sitchin
In terms of novels, Anne Rice books sit at the top of a very tall pile. Her books are heavy on prose and utterly enchanting ...
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