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Post by nucleusofswarm on Apr 18, 2020 0:43:51 GMT
Well, since there's not much for the present to offer, let's turn to history and the details of people's lives! So, what have been some of your favourites bios that you've read?
I've recently re-read My Boring Ass Life by Kevin Smith, which is more a diary collection than a full biography but still. It's been rather comforting, just reading about the minutae of his mid 00s life, going to Quiznos, renting DVDs and starting almost every morning on the can. His writing style is just very engaging yet easy-going.
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Post by Digi on Apr 18, 2020 1:20:32 GMT
In recent years I’ve read by he autobiographies of Johnny Cash and David Lynch, both were terrific.
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Post by grinch on Apr 18, 2020 15:26:15 GMT
The Naked Civil Servant (Quentin Crisp)
Less a biography I think but more of his general musings. Say what you will about him, he certainly had his faults and he would admit to such accusations, but his acidic wit was practically unrivalled.
Very much the definition of an English eccentric.
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Apr 18, 2020 15:44:11 GMT
Underfoot In Show Business by Helene Hanff, which details her early career trying to make it as a playwright in New York during the later years of the Depression. Hilarious reading, especially with her brushes with fame (eg staying back one night to put the exclamation marks in the programme for Oklahoma!
Timebends by Arthur Miller. The great man’s autobiography. Just brilliant on every level
Beginning by Kenneth Branagh. His life up until the release of Henry V in 1989. Great fun.
C. S. Lewis by A. N. Wilson. The life of the author, told superbly.
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Post by muckypup on Apr 18, 2020 16:49:20 GMT
David Mitchell the uk comedian....( not the utterly odd author)
His memoir and newspaper collections (dishonesty second best, worrying only makes it worse)
Are a funny collection of common sense rants........
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