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As the title says, presently I am reading for the 3rd time (love books so had most shipped out) is called The Long Walk. It is about a polish officer who in 1939 (war) was sent to the russian 'gulags'(war /death camps) and his escape.

I believe after the war he resided near nottingham? I also read that it was fabricated? How true I don't know but love it just the same.

Anyone read it? Views?

Any opinion/reccomendations on any other books

(not keen on reading fiction)

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Thanks for that it made me clean out my bedside cabinet books i have read in the last 2 months

Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to the "Specials"- A Life in Crime and Music by Neville Staple

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Hi Mariag,

Yes I've read this book, met the man himself a few years ago when he gave me a copy, he (Slav) signed it for me and wrote "to value the freedom we have," very nice bloke, very quiet, he lived in Stapleford Nottingham but unfortunately died about five years ago, after his "Long Walk" he eventually joined the British army in India, I also think some big film company bought the rites to the book with a view to making a film

Rog

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You read some nice books Nick !!!!!

Have you read "The Guvnor" by Lenny Maclean ?? I read it a couple of years ago.

I am currently reading The pub landlords book of British Common Sense, by Al Murray, very funny in places , and a bit of a plod in others. 8/10

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Słavomir Rawicz! Yes, he lived in Stapleford - my Dad worked with him for a short while. In the "it's a small world" department, I bought a car from his son in the early '70's - he ran a small garage on Pasture Road, Stapleford.

I found a copy of the book a few years back at a used bookshop here in Michigan! A great read - you can tell it was written in simple English - but right from the heart! Remarkable!

You can read about him HERE.

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To tell you the truth I don’t at the moment have any inclination to read.

The last books I did read were the Harry Potter books, read the first four then lost interest. I think and don’t quote me on this I read the Tolken books before that, Lord of the Rings trilogy but that was yonks ago.

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The only reading I will do now is of the Nottingham Evening post and that’s only the letters page, I don’t buy it, I will read a copy if I come across one somewhere, in a pub or at the club.

Bip.

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Not even Stephen King?

Actually yes, Frank.... I do have very few fiction books but one book I have that is very large and read twice to date is stephen kings The Stand, absolutely love this book, I think that although it is clearly fiction I could imagine it happening. The other King books that i have read is IT and Misery - both really good.

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Radford red..... quite a lot of my books make for a 'depressing read' as told me by OH... praps you might like these

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The Stand..... great book.

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Too heavy for me that sort of stuff...but at least it's made a good living and loads of young crumpet for the pillock that wrote it.As long as he doesn't move to Teheran.

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Have you read "The Guvnor" by Lenny Maclean ?? I read it a couple of years ago.

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just read 'private peaceful', being an ardent reader of anything re' the great war it is the best fiction I've read, set in that period

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I'm reading a Jackie Collins "trash novel" but I'm also wading through a nerdy "Learn PHP the easy way" (yeah like there is an easy way to learn how to program :( )

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