Eats shoots and leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss

Does reading this book twice make me a pedant. A fun and informative look at modern punctuation. It always make me feel rather inadequate in the writing department.

Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

I finished the novel a few days before the author's death.
This is Ballard's most accessible, personal and in many ways most harrowing novel.

Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon

An amazing insightful read. The dense fact laden prose is offset by an amazing cast of characters and a rich collection of anecdotes.

I felt the book flagged a little in the middle due to the repetivie nature of teh activities being covered. However after a few days break I would be back for more. Some chapters were increbibly memorbale and difficult to put down even as my train pulled into it's station.

I really must rent or buy The Wire.

Night Manager by John Le Carre

An OK read from Le Carre. That said one of his middling efforts is still better that most other writers of the genre. The usually collection of back stabbing, jet setting and governmental double dealing combined with a cast of characters that will seem familiar to a regular reader of his works. All served with Le Carre's usual mastery of language.

Last Argument Of Kings by Joe Abercrombie

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe