Fahrenheit 451 (27)

Fahrenheit 451
By Ray Bradbury

This was recommend by a co-worker at the City. It is in a similar vein as 1984. In a world of fireproof homes, fireman don't put out the fires the start them. 451F is the temp that paper burns at. Owning books is illegal, and when found the Firemen come and burn them... Our lead character meets the odd 17 year old neighbor girl who makes him look at thing differently... We then find out he has been stealing books.. and get a good lesson on why books were outlawed.. and then his escape.
Nice glimpses of a futuristic world both in the physical world, as well as policical/socialigical.
I didnt care for the development of the neighbor girl.. and he actually addresss that in the afterword piece. The ending is a bit vaugue..
Over all not a great book.. but the topic gives you a lot to think about.. if you like 1984 then this is a must read.

Only When I Laugh (26)

Only When I Laugh (26)
by Len Deighton

I enjoy Deighton, and he has quite a range of books... This was about 3 British con artist.. An older man, retired Army type, younger girl, his lover, and a young guy. Each chapter is written from a different persons view point. So we often see the same scene from different view points.. it is interesting to 'get inside' someones head.
Of course they all see the same thing differently, which is probably the point.
The story is a bit weak.. they run several cons.. but you are not really sure where they are going with it.. The ending is a bit of a surprise.. I, at least did not see it coming.. yet in the ending is different.. but it makes you smile :)

A Small Town In Germany (25)

A Small Town In Germany
By John le Carre

Ok.. we are into April now, so I am re-reading authors... And I am also a bit behind. I have not been workin nearly as much so that cuts into my reading time which shows in how many books I have read recently.. Only 1 so far in April. However I was also reading Carter's book on Tut's tomb.. the first season.. so that is nearly done also.

This book was a bit hard to get through... it was heavy on dialog, and you were never sure what was going on.. It took me about 40 pages to figure out that someone was missing and so were some files.. and it is not really until the last 70 pages that the action heats up and you start to understand the big story. Over all it wasnt a bad book.. It was heavy on Bonn politics, and the conversations were heavy with British slang.. so it was not quick reading. I do like leCarre and look forward to reading more of his stuff.. hopefully it will go a bit quicker ;)
Interesting point is that this book ended in a very similar fashion to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. I wonder if that is a pattern with leCarre? I will have to read more to find out!