tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post3196279931070815907..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Don Quixote and his hapless squire had many such adventures, each more similar than the lastCraighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-90866282483241980352018-08-26T21:14:21.869+01:002018-08-26T21:14:21.869+01:00War and Peace was great. I couldn't put it dow...War and Peace was great. I couldn't put it down. Have never attempted Moby Dick. Don't think I'd stay the course. Incidentally, Bob Dylan talked at some length about it in his Nobel lecture. From studying it at school, I think he said, it was one of three books he chose as a key influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-21805024434945099532018-08-26T14:36:38.114+01:002018-08-26T14:36:38.114+01:00I made an attempt on Moby Dick last year and very ...I made an attempt on Moby Dick last year and very much enjoyed it till I got to the very long chapter on whale species when, geekishly, I started checking out the facts and got completely bogged down. I must continue it. I'm with you on Tristan Shandy. In fact I'd flourish my stick like Trim here and now in celebration of it if Google Blogger allowed it. Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26042223687529610342018-08-26T14:28:22.182+01:002018-08-26T14:28:22.182+01:00I've never tackled it, thinking it might be a ...I've never tackled it, thinking it might be a bit of a plod. I do have medals for completing Moby Dick and War and Peace ...and I can proudly state I didn't miss out the battle scenes as did Mrs Brains. I can heartily recommend Tristram Shandy as a long old book that actually is hilarious, full of surprises and at times profound. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.com