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Suggest some books for a 3 week holiday pls!

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  • 14-09-2010 8:28am
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    Glowing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Heading off to India and the Maldives for 3 weeks in Oct and am looking for a good selection of books I can get my teeth into!

    Unfortunately they can't be too heavy :(

    Any ideas? Thanks!


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    Hrududu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Hrududu


    Well if you're going to India then I recommend Shantaram. It is a big tome though.


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    Glowing
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    Hrududu wrote: »
    Well if you're going to India then I recommend Shantaram. It is a big tome though.

    Read it! Why do you think I'm going to India?! :D


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    Hrududu
    Registered Users Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭Hrududu


    Well if you have as many adventures as he did make sure to write them down.


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    YouThinkThat
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    LOL...I was just going to recommend the same book!!! Depending on your taste you might like to try some of the following:
    The Book Thief
    Any / all of Steig Larrsons
    The White Tiger
    The Glass Castle

    Not sure what your looking for so they are all very different!!

    Enjoy the hols.....


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    Einhard
    Registered Users Posts: 6,920 ✭✭✭Einhard


    The Shardlake quadrilogy by CJ Sansom. Brilliant. The kind of books that you can't put down (unless you're going to recommend them on boards obviously!!)


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    sidneykidney
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭sidneykidney


    The Interpretation(sp) of murder, one of my favourite books of all time, might be one to consider :)


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    Glowing
    Registered Users Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭Glowing


    YouThinkThat wrote: »
    LOL...I was just going to recommend the same book!!! Depending on your taste you might like to try some of the following:
    The Book Thief
    Any / all of Steig Larrsons
    The White Tiger
    The Glass Castle

    Not sure what your looking for so they are all very different!!

    Enjoy the hols.....

    Read the Book Thief, loved it - saddest book ever!
    Loved the White Tiger and the Steig larrson trilogy too ..

    Will look into the Glass Castle, cheers!! :pac:


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    YouThinkThat
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭YouThinkThat


    What did you make of the glass castle!?


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    Sergeant
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    Einhard wrote: »
    The Shardlake quadrilogy by CJ Sansom. Brilliant. The kind of books that you can't put down (unless you're going to recommend them on boards obviously!!)

    They are great thrillers, set in an interesting time in English history, and are very well researched. In the same vein, Robert Harris writes brilliant thrillers, sometimes written in alternative outcomes of major historical events.


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    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Denerick


    Seeing as we are mentioning Harris, I'd recommend 'Imperium' and 'Lustrum'.


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    Ellian
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭Ellian


    They're not new but the books I enjoyed most on holiday were

    Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephenson
    Adventures of Kavalier and Klay - Michael Chabon
    Carter Beats The Devil - Glenn David Gold


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    Sergeant
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    Denerick wrote: »
    Seeing as we are mentioning Harris, I'd recommend 'Imperium' and 'Lustrum'.

    It's a shame we know the ending.


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    randomguy
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭randomguy


    Some local ideas:
    A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
    The Siege of Krishnapur - JG Farrell
    Anil's Ghost - Michael Ondaatje (set in Sri Lanka)
    The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy


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