Christmas is a time not for family but books, as we get older, the books get harder and generally more challenging. This year brought me;
Dreams from my Father, Barack Obama. - Sis in Law.
The Third Chimpanzee, Jared Diamond. - El Wifo.
The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson. - Alma, my sister in law bought this.
The Whisperers, Orlando Figes - Brudda.
The Gods That Failed - Larry Elliot and Dan Ferguson. - Brudda2.
One Hit Wonderland, Tony Hawks - Mudda.
I'm not sure I can read the Obama book, I have a bit of a prejudice against the guy - I blame the media who sold him as the messiah - but I kinda think he is a bit of a tonic salesman. I hope I'm wrong. I really hope I'm wrong.
Halfway through Niall Ferguson's book, its a cracker of a read, uncomfortable as I am with some of Ferguson's opinions, his interpretation of Pinochet's Chile is very neo conish.
There is a welcome glut of readable books on economics and the economy out now. So no excuse for us lefties bumbling our way through interviews that involve the economy, leaving listeners with visions of bread queues, Bulgarian trainers and badly dyed hair.
Jared Diamond's writing to date has been genius and Guns, Germs and Steel a personal bible, his follow up, Collapse a warning that most likely will go unheeded.
As for Tony Hawks, the comedian not the, looks too old to be skateboarding , stakeboarder, I'll get around to him - his book a 'mmm what small book will I take for this reasonably long journey that I don't mind if I lose'.
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