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starfishchick

A Year of Reading: November 2011

Dec 03, 2011 13:02

( Only Time Will Tell, A Prison Diary Volume 1: Hell, Come Thou Tortoise, A Prison Diary Volume 2: Purgatory, A Prison Diary Volume 3: Heaven, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, To Hold the Crown, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Attachments, The Amateur Gourmet )

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nwhyte December 3 2011, 18:49:27 UTC

On the Archer case, his perjury in 1987 got him a award of compensation for libel to the tune of £500,000, which he did not deserve because the libel was in fact true. He therefore deserved to be punished every bit as much as someone who simply stole £500,000, plus extra for the damage to other people caused by his lie (the editor who had printed the story was sacked, and died before Archer's perjury was revealed). I bet he is a bit coy about this in his diaries.

On a happier note, I have added you on Goodreads!

msilverstar December 4 2011, 19:55:50 UTC

I agree that what Archer did was unconscionable, he abused his position and popularity and lied outright in court about an issue he himself had raised. Mockery of justice it was.

pescana December 3 2011, 21:20:40 UTC

I had to stop reading LMM's journals, she was SO unhappy and it made me incredibly sad. I kind of want to read that, but I probably won't. Not now, anyway. Weird to hear that she might have dramatized all the Herman Leard stuff.

sensational December 4 2011, 01:12:50 UTC

I enjoyed that Murakami memoir, except towards the end, when he got all depressing. I would have truly loved it except for that.

I also haven't made it through one of his novels, though I haven't really tried.

msilverstar December 4 2011, 19:57:10 UTC

On Marina's rec I'm reading "God's War" by Kameron Hurley -- provocative science fiction and good so far!