\n24 Hour Party People
\n<\/p>\n
\nThis is the novelization of the script of one my favourite films of recent years.
\nIt’s a very entertaining fictional acccount of the true story of Factory Records.
\nThe book is by Anthony Wilson who ran Factory Records and who fills the book with asides that point out the bits of the film that are utterly untrue, kind of true or just plain true.
\nIt’s an enjoyable read<\/p>\n
\nRating: B\n<\/p>\n
\nNight Watch
\n<\/p>\n
\nThis is among the very best Discworld novels, along with the likes of Small Gods.
\nA bit darker than normal, and with much less emphasis on the humour, this is an Ankh-Morpork Watch story.
\nSam Vimes (who has grown to become perhaps my favourite Discworld character) is thrown into the past to hunt down a psychotic killer and finds he has to relive one of the formative experiences of his youth and take on the mantle of his mentor in order to heal time and get back to his present and his newborn child.
\nThe plot is a device allowing Pratchett to really get under the skin of a character.
\nIt’s a beautiful piece of writing.<\/p>\n
\nRating: A+\n<\/p>\n
\nA Big Boy Did It And Ran Away
\n<\/p>\n
\nAn essentially silly and massively enjoyable thriller.
\nIt tells the story of Ray, a new father and a new teacher, and what happens when he <\/p>\n
sees an old university friend at an airport when the friend is meant to be very <\/p>\n
dead.
\nLittering the story with all sorts of references to pop culture makes this a very <\/p>\n
enjoyable read if rather unbelievable.
\nIf you like big dumb action packed thrillers with a very Scottish voice, you’ll like <\/p>\n
this creation. <\/p>\n
\nRating: B\n<\/p>\n
\nUnderstanding Comics
\n<\/p>\n
\nThis a serious discussion of the nature and potential of sequential art written in <\/p>\n
comic form.
\nIt’s a very persuasive and powerful piece of work.
\nProbably for people who’d like to have some insight into the theory and practice of <\/p>\n
comics.<\/p>\n
\nRating: A\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Sacred Art Of Stealing
\n<\/p>\n
\nAnother rather enjoyable thriller, this time mostly set in Glasgow.
\nAngelique de Xavia, the scots-asian police officer introduced in ‘A big boy did it <\/p>\n
and ran away’, is pulled out of a match at ibrox to get involved in an unusual bank <\/p>\n
heist in the centre of Glasgow. The plot deals with the implications of the robbery <\/p>\n
and the attraction between the lead robber and de Xavia.
\nIt starts off remarkably well, then tails off. Worth a read though.<\/p>\n
\nRating: B\n<\/p>\n
\nPattern Recognition
\n<\/p>\n
\nA near future novel about the implications of branding, guerilla marketing and niche <\/p>\n
internet communties set two years before the novel came out.
\nThis is the story of a person whose sensitivity to brands makes her ideal for <\/p>\n
marketing companies wanting to know if their strategies are likely to work or not.
\nShe gets involved in an intrigue related to a community she participates in to do <\/p>\n
with snippets of film that appear in strange places on the net. With complex and <\/p>\n
dangerous results.
\nThis is probably Gibson’s most satisfying novel, if not his flashiest. I’d really <\/p>\n
recommend it.<\/p>\n
\nRating: A<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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