Re: OT: What book are you currently reading?Dave Smith wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>
>> > I have given up on humorous books, unless they are very short. There are only
>> > so many jokes that you can take in a sitting. Leslie Nielson's autobiography
>> > was extremely funny, but more comedy than autobiography.
>>
>> I don't know how good Steve Martin's new biography is (or its mix of
>> comedy and biography), but I read an article in Esquire that I think was
>> excerpted from it, and it was an interesting - and naturally anecdote-rich
>> - look at how his comedy style developed.
>
> His novella "Shop Girl" was pretty good. The most enjoyable movie celebrity
> autobiographies I have read were David Niven's The Moon is a Balloon ad Bring on the
> Empty Horses. Then there was the book about Peter Sellars written by his son. Wow.
> There is a bitter man. Sellers used to be one of my favourite comic actors but now I
> can't watch a Pink Panther movie without thinking what a jerk the guy was.
>
>>
>> Also Hollywood-related (something I rarely read, despite being involved
>> with it), I've heard good about Charles Grodin's "It Would Be So Nice If
>> You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business". I borrowed it from a
>> friend last week; last night I finished "A Farewell To Arms", so I'll
>> start this one tonight.
>
> I don't usually rear novels any more, but I really enjoy Hemmingway's work. I have
> read most of them. and will probably re-read them some time.
I can't remember what the last novel I read was, before "A Farewell To
Arms". I used to read fiction all the time, but haven't in years.
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Blinky
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