Joe's Jottings

Category: Literature

Books I’ve read, am reading, would like to read.

  • The Bus Book – w/c 11th February – Graham Greene Short Stories

    This week’s ‘bus book’ has been a collection of Graham Greene’s short stories.

    For anyone who’s not encountered the concept of a ‘Bus Book’ I refer you here…

    I like Graham Greene. I particularly like his short stories and his novel ‘The Human Factor’, which I’ve always regarded as one of the two or three best espionage novels of the 20th Century. I like him so much that one of my own short stories is called ‘The man who liked Greene’.

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  • What is a Bus Book?

    I use public transport a great deal, and some years ago I started carrying a book with me wherever I went when I could expect a delay or a longish trip.  This book became known around the house as my ‘bus book’.

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