Nick Krauser's Blog, page 27

#12 – Where Are The Customers’ Yachts? Fred Schwed Jnr BOOK REVIEW

There is an apocryphal story of a summer day in 1870 when friends of a major short-seller, William R. Travers, got together by the shores of Newport, Rhode Island. They were admiring the enormous yachts of Wall Street’s richest brokers. …

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#11 – A Soaring Spirit, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

Right this is a big one. I came to the cafe with my laptop fully intending to play SimCity (the new one that everyone hated but I like) and then I just got carried away with writing. I’m quite used …

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#10 – Strike For Death, John Creasey BOOK REVIEW

Who would have thought I’d lose interest in video games? At the time of writing I just finished my 11th book of the year, in less than four weeks. I don’t normally read so fast but this little winter project …

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#9 – Barbarian Tides, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

I’ll admit I bit off more than I can chew. That is a constant in my life, as I’m also finding out writing volume three of the memoir (Younger Hotter Tighter). Projects seem so much faster in my mind. These …

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#8 – Parker Pyne Investigates, Agatha Christie BOOK REVIEW

During my hibernation periods I often go down to a local seaside market on Saturday mornings to have a coffee with my brother and then walk along the cliff sides, or if it’s really cold, to read a book in …

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#7 – SS Kampfgruppe Peiper, James Lucas BOOK REVIEW

World War II was a wonderful thing. Not so much the butchery, destruction, and surrendering of half of Europe to the Bolsheviks. I’ll admit that was rather unpleasant and I’m glad I wasn’t around to live through it. What WWII …

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#6 – The Age Of God Kings, Time Life BOOK REVIEW

Too much fiction, mate. That’s what I thought to myself as I realised the first five books I finished this year were all primarily about the entertainment rather than the learning. Winter is my time of reflection and self-improvement so …

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#5 – Dennis Wheatley, Three Inquisitive People BOOK REVIEW

Attentive readers will have noted I received several vintage paperbacks from eBay recently, of which Thank You, Mr Moto was the shortest. After polishing that off I was rather gung-ho to dip into more 1930s thrillers so I chose this …

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Nick Krauser interview with Street Attraction

Readers of my 2015 memoir will remember [1] that’s the year I had my first Euro Jaunts with Eddie of Street Attraction, and also hung out with him and Richard in Belgrade during their long extensively-documented Balkan tour. That let …

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#4 – Thank You, Mr Moto John P. Marquand BOOK REVIEW

After finishing with the competent but pozzed Moriarty book I needed to return to a pre-pozz era for my next story. I was gradually reading through a couple of non-fiction books that were a long way from completion and felt …

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