A short book but a great story concerning a lonely man driven momentarily insane by the appearance of a pigeon in his apartment hallway. It’s a story dealing completely with the internal processes of the mind, and the cascade effect of fear of a life unravelled that is triggered by a mildly disruptive but inconsequential event

wickedly cutting

Impossible to describe at what point I love Roald Dahl’s writing. One reviewer describes him as the master of the twist in the tale, that’s putting it mildly.

Very engrossing story , was quizzed by a lot of people regarding what it’s about!

Fantastic collection of short articles on observations of life in the States after a long absence.

Had me saying ‘oh wow really?’ a lot, but got bogged down in his chapter on place names.

hey! i didn’t know sherlock took cocaine! :O !

found ‘foucaults pendulum’ quite absorbing, but am getting a bit bogged down with this one, might not be an ideal commute read.

update. Got too bogged in it. Found it way too complex to be enjoyable…gave up