Amitav Ghosh?

[rich]

fwiw
my girlfriend was a big help in reading Seven Killings as she knows alot
about Caribbean lit--Sam Selvon, the Yardie crime novels series, etc. she
knows the dialects which helped immensely

rich

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 4:48 PM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, I've bought the e-book of Seven Killings and look forward to starting
> it as soon as I've finished the dreck that is Pillars of the Earth (Ken
> Follett). It was a gift from a friend who loved it, I am duty-bound to
> finish (for fear of a quiz). Talking of historical stuff though, it has
> stoked an interest in Cathedral architecture and 12th century European
> religion. Also apropos of a different email (I think, easily confused), can
> recommend Agnes Bowker's Cat,
>
>
> https://global.oup.com/academic/product/travesties-and-transgressions-in-tudor-and-stuart-england-9780198207818?cc=gb&lang=en&
>
> Witch hunters
>
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Witchfinders-Seventeenth-century-English-Malcolm-Gaskill/dp/0719561213/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
> On 5 Jan 2016 19:05, "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Josey Wales was my favorite.
>>
>> rich
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekker2 at icloud.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Marlon James was on PBS last night - he talks about reggae language and
>>> various things.  Interesting guy.
>>>
>>> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/videos/#167252
>>>
>>> Also - I used the “Cast of Characters” at the beginning of the book
>>> quite a lot - you still have to guess which character is “up” sometimes but
>>> there are a lot of them.
>>>
>>> Becky
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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