Adam Scovell Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective: The Last Detective
Leslie ThomasAdam ScovellOne of the gems of my viewing last year was watching Cribbins in this 1981 version of Leslie Thomas' Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective. Treat yourself with a viewing. It's a lovely, bitter-sweet little London piece and Cribbins is marvellous as always. https://t.co/Ns9Wnpbq3V https://t.co/PODD0QTLbe
Paperback, 2011
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Don Quixote: Part 2 - Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
James HarrisAdam ScovellBest read of April was Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605). Dedicated most of my reading month to it as its a hefty tome, but it more than justifies its length with effective, comedic absurdity, while its lengthy digressions were a real pleasure rather than a chore. https://t.co/vBdIyI6QbQ
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Don Quixote
Miguel De CervantesAdam ScovellBest read of April was Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605). Dedicated most of my reading month to it as its a hefty tome, but it more than justifies its length with effective, comedic absurdity, while its lengthy digressions were a real pleasure rather than a chore. https://t.co/vBdIyI6QbQ
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Contempt
Alberto MoraviaAdam ScovellBest read of May was Contempt (1954) by Alberto Moravia. Expected a general story of a souring marriage, but the strange beauty of Godard's later adaptation is really there on the page. I haven't come across such a paranoid and obsessive narrator since first reading Bernhard. https://t.co/cWtqfKuDyb
Paperback, 2004
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Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century
Jean-Luc GodardAdam ScovellFarewell Jean-Luc Godard. Really feel quite sad about this one, the wave finally receding. His early films especially are such a gateway for so many people to wider cinema culture, including me. Paris will forever be Alphaville. https://t.co/0HGoGSCHsw
Hardcover, 2000
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Don Quixote
de de CervantesAdam ScovellBest read of April was Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605). Dedicated most of my reading month to it as its a hefty tome, but it more than justifies its length with effective, comedic absurdity, while its lengthy digressions were a real pleasure rather than a chore. https://t.co/vBdIyI6QbQ
Paperback, 2017
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My Phantoms
Gwendoline RileyAdam ScovellEspecially pleasing to see Nettles alongside Gwendoline Riley's My Phantoms as they're essentially two books haunted by memories of The Wirral... https://t.co/cIYgPzuauq
Paperback, 2022
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Rosemary's Baby
Ira LevinAdam ScovellBest read of October was Rosemary's Baby (1967) by Ira Levin. A perfect, horrifying read for the month, but especially good at building its sense of conspiracy and gaslighting; keeping that balance between paranoid fantasy and occult reality ambiguous right up until the very end. https://t.co/ctQMPRgY61
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le GuinAdam ScovellBest read of August was The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) by Ursula K. Le Guin. Intensely detailed and evocative worldbuilding that's as rich as it is compelling. Her ability to meld the language of her fictional world with reality is really quite incredible. Amazing book. https://t.co/BUr9iGu3T7
Paperback, Mass Market, 1987
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Have Mercy on Us All
Fred VargasAdam ScovellBest read of July was Fred Vargas' Have Mercy On Us All (2001). A beautifully Gothic, Parisian thriller, it's genuinely unnerving at times, and her gift for balancing literary writing with character study is exemplary. Can't think of a modern crime writer I like more currently. https://t.co/aQNl4dpbCR
Paperback, 2005
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