Excellent!

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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Very happy to see this, but it has made me reflect that it is more than twenty years since my last fat rascal.

Thanks Simon, I have never seen this monument before. It is stunning because of its informality as a ‘military’ statue and the sense of despair. A monument that matches the power in Owen’s poems.

I was just checking to see if he also translated A Void, as I always felt the translator deserved an extra reward for rendering the novel into English without the use of the letter e.

Fascinating article - thank you. There are so many Simenon novels, why wouldn’t you know there were a few American ones in there somewhere?

Always interesting to see how other authors write - László Krasznahorkai’s manuscript. #booksky

19 books by John Berger. There are more on other shelves - seeing and photography are mixed in with art books. Pig Earth is one of my favourites - just brilliant.

Stunning. That is Rising Sun Court, named after the pub on the left.

Can someone with all the scientific facts please share exactly what American pork contains and why we should never let it into the country (on health grounds).

Just in case proof were needed, I am a bit of an Ian McEwan fan. Remember reading my first one in 1982. #Booksky

Would rotation work? Swap them around every six months so you remember what you have?

I’ve got a couple of those! Good luck reasserting order. Building and sorting bookshelves is very good for your mental health. I know, I have nearly 5,000 books.

One of his paintings from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, seen last month. So many visitors it was hard to always get a straight photo. Love the way these illuminated shop fronts still draw you in like they did the customers at the time.