All shall be well; and all shall be well; and all manner of things shall be well (Tod Wodicka)

Just started in a novel with an interesting point of view on life. I pre-ordered this work when I read about the author in the VPRO programming guide for radio and television. It was not published back then, but what I read about the author and his first work was interesting enough to buy without reading any reviews at all.
The interview with Wodicka is an interesting read: he dislikes youth-culture, he loves history but as he is a romantic and not a researcher he didn't start a study in Medieval History as he did not want to learn Latin and research everything so all is completely correct and scientifically accurate.
I've only read the first two chapters of the book now, but it is a very encouraging read, as I regularly escape into the past myself in my dreams...

The cover shows the An Old Man and His Grandson by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Burt, the main character in the book, often feels like the man in the painting.

Tourism (by Nirpal Sing Dhaliwal)

Tourism, I borrowed the book from a friend of mine who was definately quite fond of the harsh style, the filth and the fast pace of writing.
I must say that I didn't dislike the read, but it was not what I expected. The main character 'Puppy' is not likable. That is not a problem. The thing is that most of the characters in the book are not that interesting, although the contemporary view on modern life in London City is interesting.
After all, not a bad read, but not a must-read.

The God Delusion

Many people already know by the title of this post what I am talking about: the book written by Richard Dawkins on the subject of the improbability of an existing god(like) figure and how useless religion is in general (in Dutch the title is 'God als misvatting').

Well, I do fully agree with what I have read so far. The regret I have is that the book might only be read by those who are already (converted) atheists.

It is not a science textbook and the views are not all unbiased, but it at least has the courage to question out loud what millions of people do not or cannot.

In times where even the Dutch government went back to a heavily Christian winged reign to possibly turn back lots of recently earned freedoms (from the past thirty years) we - as atheists or possibly agnostics (although the book has something to tell you if you are agnostic) - should show our teeth as well...