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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Xanadu so I can walk round with Coleridge's poem in my head.

The setting is south central Los Angeles an area inhabited by loads of gangs. I.Q. are the initials of a yoing high-achieving student distraught by the loss of a much-loved older and influential brother. Having no other family and unable to support himself he pals ip with an 'habitual offender' . The author is a devotee of Sherlocck Holmes and we see this in Isaiah's (I.Q.) deductive abilities: his partner is streetwise. A lot of the gangsta-style lingo of the inhabitants passed me by but the character of I.Q. saved it for me.

I agree with you Binker that it was a good first episode. I have read many of Edward St Aubyn's Melrose novels and am looking forward to the next episodes.

White Teeth - Zadie Smith

THE Woman in the Woods - John Connolly

The Ashes of London, an historical thriller by Andrew Taylor.

The Comfort of Strangers - Ian McEwan

Time Enough for Love - Robert a Heinien

Will do!

The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope

Hear, hear. (My post about this book has been lost) As for the variois characters I even started to make a list early on but then realised it didn't matter.

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner - Alan Sillitoe

The History Of The World in 10 1/2 Chapters - Julian Barnes

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers