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 Narrow Dog To Carcassonne - Terry Darlington
Newest Review: ... take on life that make it different. It is also a book of many parts as we shall see. Funny, of course, and there is plenty ... more  ... of material for humour. Canals and waterways seem to be inhabited by species of human beings that are extinct elsewhere, their outlandish lifestyles, philosophies and eccentricities being too out of kilter with the rest of "normal" humanity. Even Terry finds them odd, but he delivers some delightfully rich descriptions of his passing contact with them. The humour is droll, dead-pan, witty, character-situation driven so that all it needs are a few pointed comments from the author to generate hilarity. Hones...more |
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Narrow Dog To Carcassonne - Terry Darlington: A shaggy boat story (1505 words)
by Chouchin - written on 10/05/07 (Very useful, 215 readings)
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It was that time of year again. Husband's birthday. Over the years, of which there have now been many, we have settled into a pattern of present buying. He buys me something nice to wear because he claims, rightly, that I have no taste when it comes to choosing clothes for myself. I buy him some luxurious chocs and a few books. The books can be about anything, but there has to be a travel book. Not necessarily from the top, literary end of the genre, although he enjoys William Dalrymple and Peter Levi; just a good read and evocative descriptions. So I was browsing the travel section of a well-known high street store (OK, Waterstones) when my eyes lighted on ...
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