tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post201544438062846279..comments2024-03-28T18:16:09.693+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Hope by Len DeightonClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-42288048789260494582019-02-10T12:22:57.373+00:002019-02-10T12:22:57.373+00:00That's fascinating thank you - I've long w...That's fascinating thank you - I've long wondered if I should read it, and you are definitely pushing me over the edge into getting hold of it!. You have made it sound like just the kind of thing I like... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63767998312372035632019-02-08T18:55:49.225+00:002019-02-08T18:55:49.225+00:00'Winter' is worth searching out, not so mu...'Winter' is worth searching out, not so much as background for the Samson books (it's more a tale in its own right, which happens to involve the Samson characters' ancestors), but as the best explanation I've ever read for how the people of Austria and Germany came to plunge from the confidence and optimism of 31 December 1899 into the abyssal despair of May 1945. The book succeeds in this because, unlike most non-fiction, it's able to reveal what happened as the work of flawed and opportunistic individuals, rather than historical mass movements.<br /><br />And there's all the period detail of fin-de-siecle Vienna and inter-war Berlin too!<br /><br /><br /><br />Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90299777529980073912015-07-08T13:37:55.150+01:002015-07-08T13:37:55.150+01:00Winter is (I think) a prequel, written after the o...Winter is (I think) a prequel, written after the others, about Bernard Samson's Dad, and Berlin just after the end of WW2, when Bernard was but a lad. I haven't read it, and don't feel any great urge to, but completists should!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-30841086369886167752015-07-08T06:23:11.430+01:002015-07-08T06:23:11.430+01:00Thanks Moira. I appreciate your kind words.Thanks Moira. I appreciate your kind words.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43006328036450855612015-07-08T05:00:13.294+01:002015-07-08T05:00:13.294+01:00I'm pretty sure I will have uncovered the firs...I'm pretty sure I will have uncovered the first of these soon, though I think I could make a start on his other series instead. One question - where does WINTER tie-in with the series? I believe it is connected but written after the first three...read it fourth, read it first, or don't read it at all?col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66632689363825451232015-07-07T21:46:01.598+01:002015-07-07T21:46:01.598+01:00Yes! You feel so mumsy don't you, but it seems...Yes! You feel so mumsy don't you, but it seems to me to be a reasonable thing to ask about....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-26530963619455743252015-07-07T20:00:16.312+01:002015-07-07T20:00:16.312+01:00I am glad I am not the only one who worries about ...I am glad I am not the only one who worries about child-care arrangements in novels!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510409974009816550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-41249728425517661522015-07-07T09:18:12.991+01:002015-07-07T09:18:12.991+01:00People often say (to my great delight) that I have...People often say (to my great delight) that I have made them notice clothes in books more. Well, Bill, because of you I am much more likely to look at the practicality of the clothes the heroines wear, I look at them through your eyes! I still use the photo I like best, but I laugh to myself and often think, 'hmm, I don't think Bill is going to think THIS is very practical...'<br />I'm glad today's Gloria gets a partial seal of approval. She does look cosy. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-92032795774931572652015-07-07T09:16:30.423+01:002015-07-07T09:16:30.423+01:00I don't think I've ever used the phrase my...I don't think I've ever used the phrase myself before, Tracy, but I have smiled to hear and read it, and I do recognize the type.<br />I know what you mean about not wanting to finish the series. There is plenty of other Deighton to read, but I have invested in Samson....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16950321016239289982015-07-07T06:08:16.637+01:002015-07-07T06:08:16.637+01:00Moira: Nice to see a photo of a model looking chic...Moira: Nice to see a photo of a model looking chic in a hat, gloves and coat that might actually shield her from the cold and snow.I make no comment on the pants.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-52049816345082886922015-07-07T04:11:24.304+01:002015-07-07T04:11:24.304+01:00You have contributed to my education. I had not he...You have contributed to my education. I had not heard of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65275752911438694922015-07-07T04:05:34.384+01:002015-07-07T04:05:34.384+01:00Thanks for linking to my review, Moira. That image...Thanks for linking to my review, Moira. That image is perfect. I recently bought paperback copies of Faith, Hope, and Charity with the introductions because I loved them (the introductions) so much. Not many authors I would do that for. I am sure you will beat me to Charity. I want to read it soon but I have lots of stuff I need to read first... and then I will be done with the series, and sad. I like Gloria; to me she seems to be too perfect. But then she is seen through the eyes of Bernard, so who knows?TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55993441993902700382015-07-06T20:48:47.341+01:002015-07-06T20:48:47.341+01:00You are so right, Prashant, it hadn't occurred...You are so right, Prashant, it hadn't occurred to me, but this odd passage about the children wouldn't make you think of Deighton would it? He is full of surprises. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-67424496625934356382015-07-06T20:48:08.881+01:002015-07-06T20:48:08.881+01:00So clever and so funny - and he wrote so much! In ...So clever and so funny - and he wrote so much! In some ways he's the perfect writer. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35586584347892083552015-07-06T16:40:10.330+01:002015-07-06T16:40:10.330+01:00Moira, if it weren't for the title and the aut...Moira, if it weren't for the title and the author's name I wouldn't have known Len Deighton had written this novel. I'm referring to the excerpt which is unlike anything I remember reading by the author. I'm going to have start reading Deighton all over again. Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-10728030363169480202015-07-06T12:31:39.836+01:002015-07-06T12:31:39.836+01:00What an interesting bit of insight into Gloria, Mo...What an interesting bit of insight into Gloria, Moira! I always like it when an author lets you in on her or his thought processes like that. And of course, what's not to like about Deighton's writing style and social observations? Glad you enjoyed this so well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com