Derek Des Anges's profile
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Derek
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The Stars' Tennis Balls (Paperback) by Stephen Fry bookshelves: currently-reading |
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| May 12, 2008 | ||
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Derek Des Anges
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The Stars' Tennis Balls (Paperback) by Stephen Fry bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Derek Des Anges
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The Charioteer (Paperback) by Mary Renault |
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Derek Des Anges
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The Unquiet (Charlie Parker, #6) by John Connolly |
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| December 18, 2007 | ||
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Derek Des Anges
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Pride and Prejudice (Paperback) by Jane Austen |
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recommended for: people in search of fluff
read in December, 2007 
Derek said:
"This was exactly the right book to read after Fight Club. Contrasting brutality and masculine recklessness with the rigid quietness of Regency Chicklit has produced an interesting mental mashup.Funny, light-hearted, uplifting and sweet and ...more " |
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| September 02, 2007 | ||
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Derek Des Anges
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When Gravity Fails (Paperback) by George Alec Effinger |
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recommended for: picky cyberpunk fans, hard-to-win-over sci fi readers, people who don't actually like sci fi
read in August, 2007
Derek said:
"Prefacing this review is the declaration that I usually hate sci fi but love Cyberpunk when it's done right (IE, futuretech-noir) as opposed to when it's done by John Courtney Grimwood.
This book was fantastic beyond the dreams of mere mor...more " |
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| July 19, 2007 | ||
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Derek Des Anges
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The Black Angel (Hardcover) by John Connolly |
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recommended for: John Connolly fans, duh
read in July, 2007
Derek said:
"More mature and cohesive than John's previous Bird books, and even more heavily mired in religion than the others (which began as books focussed on serial killers and the mob), this expands on some of the ephemera from Every Dead Thing and provides ...more
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| July 15, 2007 | ||
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Derek Des Anges
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A Spot of Bother (Hardcover) by Mark Haddon |
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recommended for: mark haddon fans, people who like family farce
read in July, 2007
Derek said:
"The first book of Mark Haddon's that I read was breath-takingly wonderful in its simple narrative style and complicated plot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was a work of unabashed genius masquerading as a simple family farce.
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Derek Des Anges
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Dark Hollow (Charlie Parker, #2) by John Connolly |
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recommended for: fans of cheesy gore
read in June, 2007
Derek said:
"John Connolly adheres to one of my favourite rules of detective fiction: when in doubt, have someone beat up your main character, preferably after he has just run into An Old Flame.
Gloriously bloody and complicated and transparent yet aga...more " |
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Derek Des Anges
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Every Dead Thing (Charlie Parker, #1) by John Connolly |
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recommended for: horror/detective/noir fans
read in June, 2007
Derek said:
"This book was recommended - nay, sold - to me on the supporting characters, Angel and Louis. "Read it!" my friend Cath said, "you'll like it. It's hella gruesome, and there's this couple. Short scruffy white thief and his big bald blac...more
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