Recommended Reading during Covid-19

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    Black Diamonds by Catherine Bailey - story of the Fitzwilliams of Wentworth. (the last of the line is the wife of Jacob Rees Mogg.) a good read.

    Also like Val McDermid's books.

    The books I CAN'T read are the Harry Potter books (find them too nonsensical) and those by Hilary Mantel - too intense.
     
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    Have read all three Helen Forrester books. Brilliant description of growing up in poverty stricken Liverpool. It's a wonder she actually survived.
     
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    Football Against the Enemy by Simon Kuper is a good read.
     
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    It's a harrowing read at times and makes you appreciate the changes that have been made in society. And to think these times are still within living memory for a very small number of people.
     
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    He was one of my tutors at uni.
     
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    The George Smiley Trilogy, Tinker Tailor, Honourable School Boy and Smiley's People.

    Alternatively, watch the BBC's Smiley's People starring Alec Guiness on YouTube. Unfortunately they took Tinker Tailor off YouTube when the Gary Oldman film came out a few years ago. A perfect Spy and The Russia House were on YouTube last time I looked, also well worth a watch.
     
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    You got taught by the Fuhrer? :p
     
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    Talking to my Daughter about the Economy by Yanis. Varoufakis. Very readable book in which he tries to explain a socialist critique of the economy in a narrative a teenager can understand. You might not agree with him but it's an excellent read either way

    Sorry meant to reply to THIS
     
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    Love and death in the time of cholera. Fantastic book and what a time to crack it open.
     
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    I also vouch for Black Diamonds
     
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