I realise you might not like the books I like. That's OK. (You might not even like the books I write. That's OK, too. Though I wouldn't mention it here, if I were you.)
The Liars Club by Mary Karr - a brilliant, beautifully-written account of the author's childhood and how the various elements of tragedy, comedy, hardship and occasional farce - as well as her mother's love of reading and her father's love of story-telling - combined to make the author such a wonderful story-teller. One of my favourite books.
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - a very funny autobiographical account of the author's unorthodox upbringing in the house of his mother's psychiatrist.
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard - a first-hand account of Scott's disastrous expedition to the Antarctic in 1910, which the author joined when he was only 24. It is beautifully-written, historically interesting and very moving.
The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton - a clever, inventive, puzzling book that was written by EC when she was only 22. It deals with artifice and artificiality and there are some deliberately arch passages in it, as well as some provocatively showy similes, which she gets away with.
2 comments:
Like the sound of 'Running with Scissors'. Sounds intriguing.
Ooh - glad to have mentioned one you haven't read. It's very good - very funny.
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