Reading The Decades

Newest Review: ... major influences in the school playground or dormitory that made it into the most popular list. For the boys during those important formative years there was the British Pulp Fiction writer Hank Janson, with gangster novels sporting title such as "Slay-ride for Cutie" and daring covers featuring a surplus of scantily-clad women they were every school boy's idea of heaven, as Adam Faith pointed out. He rememered them fondly ~ in particular their glamourous gangster language and read extracts of his favourites. Girls, on the other hand, had the romance novels of Georgette Heyer. Copies were, apparently smuggled round dormitori... more

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Reading The Decades: Take A Stroll Down Memory Lane. (1777 words)
by - written on 19/04/02 (Very useful, 270 readings)
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I'm sure you recognise those " I Love..." series that BBC2 have been so fond of for the last year or so. It all began with one simple programme about the 1970's and has escalated since into one of the most popular formats encompassing whole themed nights dedicated to various programmes or years. The last outing was over Easter when The Muppets were subjected to this nostalgic treatment, but currently literature is taking it's first faltering steps into the "I Love" limelight in the shape of "Reading The Decades" More specifically the literature of the last 50 years. For those of you who don't know the format, or ... Read the complete review

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