And so... reading over the summer
Sep. 16th, 2023 08:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sashacat1I am reading lots of Eric Leyland and John Creasey. Leyland was/is a contemporary of WEJ and a prolific writer (not as much as Creasey who wrote over 1000 books apparently)!!! Less planes. But he could turn his hands to most things. My fave is the one where a young lad accidentally sits in the footwell of his brothers' racing car (think f1 style racing) and they win the race because he is a crack engineer. Improbable but fun.
Creasey's politics, like Johns, were quite progressive and a lot is relevent today; illegal immigrants, housing quality issues... His language is of its time. Just like Johns. Department Z are the best; the amount of times the lads are shot and don't die and the amount of upper class mayfair dwellers who have handily parked planes. Oh and the fact the the PM just wanders around Mayfair on foor just waiting to be attacked.
EVRI have managed to destroy a copy of Biggles Scores a Bull. However, I have acquired another and am enjoying Bertie's expertise on things cattle related.
Creasey's politics, like Johns, were quite progressive and a lot is relevent today; illegal immigrants, housing quality issues... His language is of its time. Just like Johns. Department Z are the best; the amount of times the lads are shot and don't die and the amount of upper class mayfair dwellers who have handily parked planes. Oh and the fact the the PM just wanders around Mayfair on foor just waiting to be attacked.
EVRI have managed to destroy a copy of Biggles Scores a Bull. However, I have acquired another and am enjoying Bertie's expertise on things cattle related.
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Date: 2023-09-17 07:22 am (UTC)