I usually have a few books on the go, spread around the house, that I dip in and out of.
I’ve just finished reading Philip Roth’s ‘The Plot Against America’. That outlines the take-over of America by a far-right Nazi-sympathising President during the 1940s. A chilling novel that resonates strongly with the Trump take-over.
I have four books on the go right now:
James O’Brien’s – ‘How They Broke Britain’ – another chilling expose of the way the far-right has taken over the Tory Party and cynically broken Britain for their own selfish gain. Everyone should read it. I think if everybody did we’d have a revolution. The lies, corruption and greed are all laid out – the selling off of our assets and cynical abuse of power. Very scary!!
And they did it!! They deliberately lied about Brexit for their own gain knowing that it would ruin the country. They lied about privatisation. They lied about cronyism and nepotism. They gave away massive sums in tax relief for the wealthy. They gave away tens of billions to donors. They took over the media. It’s all corruption on a massive scale.
Another scary book that spells out how they did it.
I’m reading ‘Leonard Cohen Hallelujah’ a biography by Tim Footman. It’s a great read and very useful for the book I am writing about Leonard.
I’m halfway through Phil Och’s ‘I’m Gonna Say It Now’ – which, if I’m honest, I’m finding a bit patchy. I love Phil Ochs and was hoping that a book of his prose and reporting would be great. Some of it is very good, some isn’t. But I’m enjoying it. Phil is so important.
The other book is one on addiction – Understanding and Helping an Addict (and keeping our sanity) by Dr. Andrew Proulx . The operation of the human brain is a phenomenon. This book explains everything from the point of the physiology of the disease and the neurotransmitters to the behaviour. An insight.
On top of that I’m busy writing three books.
Keeps me busy!!