Huntsy, have you been on the extra-salted again? We went through this, just this very morn'.
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Originally posted by Al Jarvis Huntsy, have you been on the extra-salted again? We went through this, just this very morn'. Follow the 'Shameless Plug' link further up the page.
I had not realised this IS you....is IT? :D Will check it out if YOU did writr this! Cheers ROCKET MICK
Well Al that is where I started my quest to discover your hidden talents (hidden from me and presumably most of the board here anyway). Apologies, I did think you had found an author with the same name and were cracking a funny, personally I wouldn't do that myself but there you go.
On your link a fella who has consumed your book was eager to discover the endings true meaning (as seen on your Amazon link page) ... I do hope you get back to him and explain that 'no, it was the girl who chopped the ostrich in half'.
I am happy that it is you (as opposed to 'A Nother Al Jarvo') in a 'what a shocker' kind of way and, 'blimey! ... the boy done just swell'. It takes a lot of time and energy to write a book and even more to have it released. Superb. The accountant we use also released a novel a couple of years back, a sinister murder type affair with many twist and turns and possibly a moderate smattering of fine cheeses. The 'rub' with this book is that its set in Teesside (hooray!) ... which helped him greatly (surprisingly enough) to have it released i.e. the last commercial book released, located in and around 'Teesside was 'Crows in my Cow Shed' by Barry Bethel Jr. IIIrd. Anyway, greatest respect must be extended to you as seeing my accountant go bonkers for 3 years I can understand the level of commitment. (A bit like attempting 4 tubes in two hours of the good stuff, only managed this once ... so far).
Care to give a quick synopsis on the book? ... of course, I will no buy this book and recommend to others bringing you up to 1.5 million sales by close of play next Tuesday.
(can this website throw up any more surprises? ... is Mick Rock really a warlock?)
So everyone should go and give Big Al the highest review for his "shameless plug"..
Life surprises you every day ;)
Not sure about the commitment angle, I just wrote about what I knew about. Which is, er, New Order, clubs, pubs, London, etc. I even ripped off Jonathan Scott's infamous Paradise article about following the Order round the US, before I'd even met the great man himself. Er, but that's not a stab at a selling point. The book is just about a bloke who happens to have a hankering for the Order and they only get a one-liner every 20 pages or so. You know the kind of thing: setting the scene by describing what's on the stereo, etc. The protoganist does argue about set-lists with his brother all the time, and Hooky said this reminded him of his mate Ken (who I know some people here might've heard of) who always remembers so much more about the band than Hooky does himself.
But then I penned a second book which I really worked hard at, did research and everything, and it was deemed a little 'dark' after e-males and the 3rd book I'd started was thought to be a better 'second novel' to release, with Book 2 possibly being allowed to see the light of day after that one. And, er, I've not lifted a pen to Book 3 (or is that Book 2 now?) in nigh on 2 years. Like I said, I'm lazy. Fun goes out of it when it becomes a chore.
e-males is worth a look just to see a piccie of me taken in just March 99 but weighin' an incredible THREE STONE lighter!
Originally posted by Al Jarvis > Originally posted by hibster> > > > Originally posted by Easy E> > Two "literary" connections here......> > > > a mate's ex was namechecked in the first Mike Gayle book, he had been to school with her. Roxanne Bright-Thomas, not the sort of name you can conjure up out of thin air !> > > > Yvonne, one of the central characters in Iain Banks' "Complicity" was modelled entirely on someone I know who is a friend of his.>
iain banks is a favourite author, but did prefer the crow road to complicity.
in fact the crow road has to be up there in my top 5.
Ooh, I've actually met Iain Banks. Had the same agent. Nice bloke. Personally don't think he can ever better the Wasp Factory though. A modern classic, IMO.
......and just to spoil it if you've not read it, its a bird (a la The Crying Game)
for a light read, i suggest a quantum physics textbook. makes it look like you're a brainy responsible guy.
Originally posted by Kez-bah
Ma&Pa Akas were both Skins in the early 70's when they first met. My ma apparently caused a bit of a stir in her day as one of the first Skinhead girls who followed Sunderland - being from Newcastle, she was a bit ahead of the Makems
She tries to hide the pics of her in this era from me, now that she's a respectable middle-aged lady, but I've hunted them down -she looked a right radge
Aye, Kez-pet ... ...I have all them books - and pretty well-thumbed they are too! ;), "Spirit of 69" and "Skinhead Nation" by George Marshall (The Scottish author of loads of Skinhead titles - I met the guy at a Scooterist / Trojan / Ska festival in Bridlington once - he's a really nice bloke an' all, dead down to earth! :) ) "Loud, Proud n Punk - The Business" by Garry Fielding, "Skins" by Gavin Watson and "Skinhead" by Nick Knight to name but a few others.... Me an' Charley did so many Scooter rallys up until the last few years (when we had Amy) that I've lost count of all the great things we've picked up from various places - just goin' round all the stalls lookin' for stuff we haven't seen before....
"Congratulations You've Just Met The I.C.F" - Cass Pennant One sided West Ham Bollox
"No-one Here Gets Out Alive" - Danny Sugarman Excellent all rounder, full of ups & downs
"The Choirboys" - Joseph Wambaugh Aint read nothing like it before or since, the film fucked right up' Read it ASAP.
Originally posted by The Hacienda must be (re)Built > Originally posted by Al Jarvis > Originally posted by hibster> > > > Originally posted by Easy E> > Two "literary" connections here......> > > > a mate's ex was namechecked in the first Mike Gayle book, he had been to school with her. Roxanne Bright-Thomas, not the sort of name you can conjure up out of thin air !> > > > Yvonne, one of the central characters in Iain Banks' "Complicity" was modelled entirely on someone I know who is a friend of his.>
iain banks is a favourite author, but did prefer the crow road to complicity.
in fact the crow road has to be up there in my top 5.
Ooh, I've actually met Iain Banks. Had the same agent. Nice bloke. Personally don't think he can ever better the Wasp Factory though. A modern classic, IMO.
......and just to spoil it if you've not read it, its a bird (a la The Crying Game)
when i met iain banks got him to sign my copy of the wasp factory "to frank, keep taking the tablets" got a little chuckle from mr banks did that.
Originally posted by Al Jarvis Not sure about the commitment angle, I just wrote about what I knew about. Which is, er, New Order, clubs, pubs, London, etc. I even ripped off Jonathan Scott's infamous Paradise article about following the Order round the US, before I'd even met the great man himself. Er, but that's not a stab at a selling point. The book is just about a bloke who happens to have a hankering for the Order and they only get a one-liner every 20 pages or so. You know the kind of thing: setting the scene by describing what's on the stereo, etc. The protoganist does argue about set-lists with his brother all the time, and Hooky said this reminded him of his mate Ken (who I know some people here might've heard of) who always remembers so much more about the band than Hooky does himself.But then I penned a second book which I really worked hard at, did research and everything, and it was deemed a little 'dark' after e-males and the 3rd book I'd started was thought to be a better 'second novel' to release, with Book 2 possibly being allowed to see the light of day after that one. And, er, I've not lifted a pen to Book 3 (or is that Book 2 now?) in nigh on 2 years. Like I said, I'm lazy. Fun goes out of it when it becomes a chore.e-males is worth a look just to see a piccie of me taken in just March 99 but weighin' an incredible THREE STONE lighter!
even though i knew you had written it i didnt recognise you from the picture. thomas pink tie was it? threw all mine away ;)
Originally posted by hibster
even though i knew you had written it i didnt recognise you from the picture. thomas pink tie was it?
Nope, you're thinking shirts now.
Tie was Gene Meyer.
64" long! Who says size doesn't count? ;)
reading spy story, on the road, kassandra , by christ wolf, recently finished brave new world. and i hear an ideal for living is supposed to be quite good.
Thinking about re-reading Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation, I recommend it for anyone looking for a sly twisted look at American history 
Can recommend Shadow of the Wind and The Historian - read these over Christmas. Best book ever- like music tracks this frequently changes - but possibly Great Gatsby or Far from the Madding Crowd
- I read "The DaVinci Code" recently, now reading "Nochnoi Dozor (spell?)" by Sergej Lukianenko (this russian fantasy bestseller, which was made a film)
- I don't know what you like to read in holidays. I'm a suspense-horror-guy, so I can truly recommend some of Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme novels.
- I love books by Preston & Child. I think I love "Still life with crows" the most, and there are some great novels by Stephen King e.g. "Shining" (is a better book than movie).
anyone who hasn't read to kill a mockingbird by harper lee needs to do so immediately. it's been my favourite book since i was 10 years old and atticus finch has been my hero since then, as well. so much so that when gregory peck died i wept because he was atticus finch.
also: life of pi by yann martel--a unique and enjoyable existentialist novel.
a prayer for owen meany by john irving--funny and absorbing; small-town life, mind-expanding.
either one hundred years of solitude or love in the time of cholera (or both) by gabriel garcia marquez. the man's a fucking genius.
anything by the god of the written word, kurt vonnegut.
the best true-crime novels: in cold blood by truman capote (with much help from his friend, harper lee!).
a wonderful and horrifying true story, written by the father of a lovely senior girl who helped me get through my freshman year of high school relatively unscathed: the executioner's song by norman mailer.
others:
middlesex by jeffrey eugenides--growing up as an androgynous greek-american (!).
why they kill by richard rhodes--a look at criminologist lonnie athens and his study of violent offenders. sounds dry, but isn't.
