Oi, Sir C! Book recommendation.

[Sir C]

Good man, C.

Have you read this one? I'd listened to the first episode last week, and with the glw asleep I wanted something to listen to in bed last night. Thought I'd just listen to one for 15 mins, as opposed to a 30 or 45 min programme. I listened to all 9 remaining episodes.

Burmese Days is great, too. But then the main character getting on better with the native doctor than the other colonists, and having an interest in the local culture, unlike them, obviously appeals to me.

Btw, you know Road to Wigan Pier? They originally only published the first part, the reportage of his travels, not the 2nd, his analysis, because they couldn't bear him saying the working class were smelly.

I thought this ID-politics denial of reality was a new thing. But 85 years ago, the idiotic lefties were already doing it. You can't tell the truth about a minority, even if that truth proves they are victims of society's iniquity. It's insane. How can you make things better for the poor if you refuse to accept there are any problems?

I've read everything he wrote about 30 times, g.

I enjoy the way he clearly felt for the plight of the poor but refused to be blinded to their less savoury qualities.

I believe my favourite of his works is Down and Out In Paris and London. I read it in France, in French last year and it did an unbelievable job of evoking the Paris of the early 20th century. I could smell the kitchens and taste the wine.

[Burney]

I've read everything he wrote about 30 times, g.

I enjoy the way he clearly felt for the plight of the poor but refused to be blinded to their less savoury qualities.

I believe my favourite of his works is Down and Out In Paris and London. I read it in France, in French last year and it did an unbelievable job of evoking the Paris of the early 20th century. I could smell the kitchens and taste the wine.

The grimy thumbprint on the bread in Wigan Pier still haunts me.