Adrian McKinty Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Adrian McKinty

reviews of the new Cormac McCarthy novel The Passenger The LA Times loves: https://t.co/WXcwp083RG The Guardian isn't so sure: https://t.co/R5XZngk8XB The NYT is all over the shop: https://t.co/tXodNA8zj7

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if you've begun watching the new Jack Reacher series on Amazon you might be interested in this interview I did w Lee Child a couple of years ago where he talks about how it all got started... https://t.co/lW7Jjq8o5Z

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the title is a publishers title, i.e. wrong, but this little book at 140pp is an excellent introduction to Aristotle, from a philosopher (John Sellars) more commonly associated w stoicism 👍 https://t.co/WzD8KaW3RV

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@tomricks1 John Steinbeck overrated? Underrated, mate. I think as a foreigner I can appreciate Steinbeck cos I never had to read him in school... the deep weirdness of To A God Unknown the seething rage of In Dubious Battle & ofc the strange flawed masterpiece that is Grapes of Wrath

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I'd recommend 3 physics related biographies this year (only 1 of which was published this year) American Prometheus by Kai Bird & Martin Sherwin The Man From The Future by Ananyo Bhattacharya The Last Man Who Knew Everything by David Schwartz https://t.co/YU740Ufi5M

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Mackenzie Crook's DETECTORISTS, Jason Sudeikis's TED LASSO & Stephen King's FAIRY TALE all share a belief in the transformational power of goodness in an age of irony, snark & antiheroes sincerity can seem revolutionary & goodness like a superpower all three: 👍 https://t.co/gX9OYBqis3

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I know summer isn't really the time many of you want to read philosophy books, but... this was excellent GRAND HOTEL ABYSS: The Lives of the Frankfurt School by Stuart Jeffries https://t.co/zIMuNnc7cU

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v excited to dive into THE UNFORTUNATES by BS Johnson on the recommendation of the great @jonathancoe I've been thinking about this book for years but when I saw the gorgeous New Directions edition w a blurb from Samuel Beckett on the back I had to jump in https://t.co/zqwWGIwcL6

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Yes Cormac McCarthy was reading a lot of Nietzsche, Darwin, Milton & histories of the Crusades during the writing of Blood Meridian but I am convinced that at some point he caught the Star Trek episode Arena (when Kirk beats the Gorn at Vasquez Rocks by making gunpowder) https://t.co/x61055lmEO

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2 of the best thrillers I've read this summer are both written by Steves & reviewed in this morning's Express DEVILS ADVOCATE by @SSCav & BILLY SUMMERS by @StephenKing We're launching the BRILLIANT Devils Advocate @NOALIBISBOOKS on Aug 5: tickets: https://t.co/F3ADvsyDV7 https://t.co/kmmfkaO1TY