It proudly boasts her signature inside – yet has
sat equally proudly on my bookshelves, not hers, for some years now. (Though I'm pretty
sure there are more of my books on her shelves than there are hers on mine... )
Monday, 22 April 2013
Something 'Borrowed'...
Lend a book to a
friend and the chances are you either never see it again or it looks like they've
been playing football with it when you finally get it back. Things are more
complicated with siblings. I have had a long-running tug-of-war with my sister
over the ownership of various books that are family heirlooms, including this one,
an absolute gem from the 1960s that any Fleming fan should be ashamed not to
have read (and a companion piece to New
Maps of Hell, discussed in an earlier post):
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I do so agree with you about book lending. Why is it that they so seldom come home??
ReplyDeleteThe book looks fun. Must have a browse of it (but not your/your sister's copy perhaps).
My favourite line from the Amis book is his summary of 'Thunderball': "Masterly handling of implausible material." It's a line I would love to have written myself!
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