My idea of reading 19 books from 1972 is going rather slowly. Began with The Players and the Game, by Julian Symons, then stalled Michael Moorcock. An upcoming beach holiday seemed like the time to re-engage...
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Not sure if I've read these in the dim and distant past - I did read loads of Dennis Wheatley as a kid (as soon as I discovered he was banned from the school library!) and several Julian Symons though as you infer, the cover.....!!!!
When I saw your post title I thought this was going to be a review of Carofiglio's standalone book of that title! (It's very good, btw, if you ever get around to considering it.)
Posted by: Maxine | 06/09/2012 at 03:33 PM
Missed some words there - several Leslie Thomases too, and Michael Moorcocks, though both got boring pretty quickly after a few.
Posted by: Maxine | 06/09/2012 at 03:33 PM
bookmarked!!, I like your website!
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