A few books

Pornochacha has been reading a lot lately. Well, a lot is relative – for some weird reason I only read in trains and in the metro, very rarely at home. Some books I’ve liked a lot recently are:



In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.
A real story about the murder of a family in 1959 in Kansas. Capote went there as a journalist and this is the story of what happened. There are also two excellent movies about it, with the most recent one (Capote) about to be released in Europe.









Manhattan Transfer, by John Dos Passos.
If you have been, or thinking about going to NYC, this book is a must. Well, this book is a must anyway, definitely one of the masterpieces of 20th century literature. Lots of stories, some interconnected, some not, about life, love, death, success and failure in the Big Apple. It is set between early 1900 and the 20’s, but it could have happened today.





Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami.
This guy is the best well-known modern Japanese writer, and this novel, for some reason that escapes me, is what everyone is reading now in Spain. (in case someone thought it was a comedy, the publisher changed the title to Tokio Blues). Sad and beautiful, like the song.
If you like this, you'll love Sputnik Sweetheart by the same author.

Thank god it's over

Ho ho ho! Yes, it seemed like it would never end, but the festive season is finally over. We can now concentrate on getting depressed over unfulfilled resolutions of quitting smoking, losing weight, joining a gym or making babies. As we say over here: "did you spend a nice holiday, or did you spend it with your family?"

The good news is that this year we decided to spend a good holiday, and to flee to London, a place renowned for not celebrating Christmas.
You can see our sorry faces if you click here.