Who's your favourite writer no-one else has ever heard of?

[Herr-B]

Me

We have heard of you . . .

For me? I don't usually read any fiction, but about ten years ago I did get a bit addicted to Lyndsey Davis - http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/

 

[swee'pea99]

Someone said your stuff was car boot material, was that a compliment?

At a meet 'n greet when I arrived at University, my tutor's wife said cheerfully to all & sundry: "Have you come across my husband's work? Oh, you must have - the remainder bins are overflowing with them!" She laughed gaily. As for him, well, I can't recall a thinner forced smile ever, before or since.

 

[G2EWS]

Scott Mariani.

http://www.scottmariani.com/

Discovered him on iTunes books section. I take a look every now and then and download books by people I have never heard of.

Scott has a brilliant style if, like me you enjoy a good thriller. His major work is the Ben Hope series and comes highly recommended at a low cost.

Regards

Chris

 

[Andrew_Culture]

We have heard of you . . .

I've made it!

 

[Fnaar]

At a meet 'n greet when I arrived at University, my tutor's wife said cheerfully to all & sundry: "Have you come across my husband's work? Oh, you must have - the remainder bins are overflowing with them!" She laughed gaily. As for him, well, I can't recall a thinner forced smile ever, before or since.

Sounds like the start of a novel. She goes on to have an affair with a young undergraduate, who, it turns out, is her husband's illegitimate son from a previous affair he had, but none of them know this at the time. It all ends in tears at a summer barbecue when a passing gypsy woman tells them the truth, having read it in some tea leaves. Then a T-Rex, escaped from a nearby dinosaur regenertation programme attacks and eats them all.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I take a look every now and then and download books by people I have never heard of.

The world needs a LOT more people like you

 

[goo_mason]

John Kennedy Toole

'A Confederacy of Dunces' is a classic book but so few people have ever heard of it or the author!

 

[swee'pea99]

John Kennedy Toole

'A Confederacy of Dunces' is a classic book but so few people have ever heard of it or the author!

A book that aroused unusually strident divergences of opinion in my book group - I loved it, as did others, but a couple were indifferent and one really hated it.

 

[mangaman]

John Kennedy Toole

'A Confederacy of Dunces' is a classic book but so few people have ever heard of it or the author!

I quite liked it, but of course, the real story is the tragic tale of Toole himself and the publication of the book

Summarised here for those that don't know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kennedy_Toole

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Sounds like the start of a novel. She goes on to have an affair with a young undergraduate, who, it turns out, is her husband's illegitimate son from a previous affair he had, but none of them know this at the time. It all ends in tears at a summer barbecue when a passing gypsy woman tells them the truth, having read it in some tea leaves. Then a T-Rex, escaped from a nearby dinosaur regenertation programme attacks and eats them all.

All sounds pretty plausible except for the tea leaves reading bit - utter nonsense of course!

 

[Fnaar]

All sounds pretty plausible except for the tea leaves reading bit - utter nonsense of course!

In the film version, Bruce Willis saves them all from the dinosaur, and wifey runs off with him, leaving hubby in the 'remainder bin of love'. The young undergraduate bloke becomes a hoarder, and lives in a house full of old copies of Time Out.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In the film version, Bruce Willis saves them all from the dinosaur, and wifey runs off with him, leaving hubby in the 'remainder bin of love'. The young undergraduate bloke becomes a hoarder, and lives in a house full of old copies of Time Out.

You could make the hoarder more real-life by using that guy who's ceiling fell in on him due to 1000s of yachting mags in the loft, he didn't even have a boat!

Ahem...as you were, thread.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Andrea Camilleri

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Andrea Camilleri

Snap!

Or should I say - anch'io!

Stavo per scrivere lo stesso nome.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Snap!

Or should I say - anch'io!

Stavo per scrivere lo stesso nome.

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