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**King_of_the_Burpas** · 15-08-2009, 18:25

I spend far too much time reading shite books.

The latest is "The Junior Officers’ Reading Club" by Patrick Hennessey, which feels as though it was not just written, but over-written by an 'Eng Lit' fop who ended up in Sandhurst before going to Afghanistan to enjoy the war and a chance to chat up fillies at future balls with tales of 'Operation Wog Smasher in the 'Stan'.

He seems to think he's a cross between Lord Byron, Flashman and Rory Stewart. It becomes obvious by page 3 that he's none of these - just a pretentious throbber with a lot of growing up to do. I bet the ANA he worked with hated him. I hope they pissed in his cocoa before they tucked him in for the night.

**Spanny** · 15-08-2009, 18:52

Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas

IThe latest is "The Junior Officers’ Reading Club" by Patrick Hennessey, which feels as though it was not just written, but over-written by an 'Eng Lit' fop who ended up in Sandhurst before going to Afghanistan to enjoy the war and a chance to chat up fillies at future balls with tales of 'Operation Wog Smasher in the 'Stan'.

Gawd it's had massively positive reviews at Amazon . 15 reviews , 13 of which give it 5 stars . I guess Mr Hennessey has a lot of mates ?

Just read 1940 Myth And Reality by Clive Ponting . Whine whine whine . The French surrendered even though they had better tanks and outnumbered the Germans . Whine Whine Whine . Britain's economy would have collapsed without American investment Whine Whine Whine

Nothing you didn't already know though Ponting pretends he's making life shattering revelations

**Danny_Dravot** · 15-08-2009, 18:57

dunno i've said this before, but lions donkeys and dinosaurs...utter pish

**King_of_the_Burpas** · 15-08-2009, 19:38

Originally Posted by Spanny

Originally Posted by King_of_the_Burpas

IThe latest is "The Junior Officers’ Reading Club" by Patrick Hennessey, which feels as though it was not just written, but over-written by an 'Eng Lit' fop who ended up in Sandhurst before going to Afghanistan to enjoy the war and a chance to chat up fillies at future balls with tales of 'Operation Wog Smasher in the 'Stan'.

Gawd it's had massively positive reviews at Amazon . 15 reviews , 13 of which give it 5 stars . I guess Mr Hennessey has a lot of mates ?

Perhaps he has, Spanny. It reminded me, though, of those horrible James Delingpole books about WW2. At least Hennessey was actually there (Stan not WW2), although he doesn't seem to have noticed much and can't really write about anything that did cross his grid.

Delingpole has a similar 'cripes, I hate my comfortable, bijou life and I wonder what it must have been like to be a working class chappie slotting ragheads. Must have been a jolly jape and if I was like them, I might find salvation' trope.

Delingpole wasn't there and so we can forgive him, even though he is a cnut. Hennessey is not so fortunate.

**ub2008** · 15-08-2009, 22:39

King of the burpas has a point about the junior officers reading club.

**weekend_worrier** · 26-08-2009, 10:18

'I hope they pissed in his cocoa before they tucked him in for the night.'

Perhaps they bummed him as well ...

Talking of pish-poor books, has anyone else here tried to read Colin Forbes? He makes Cyril Clunge look like Tolstoy.

**Spanny** · 11-09-2009, 12:15

Originally Posted by Sixty

Originally Posted by jesse

That one by Tom Clancy about the I.RA.where the main character becomes a big mucker of jug ears Charlie. So bad i can't even remember the title.

Patriot Games. It's actually not that terrible if you remove your brain with a rusty dockers hook via your nose before reading it.

Actually it is that bad . I remember not liking the film because it made out the provos weren't all that bad and that's why a bunch of fanatics had broken away from the main IRA to start up their own campaign . The book is much worse in this respect as it's pointed out in every line that the ULA ( Ulster Liberation Army ) are republican maniacs . I think there's even a line stating that the provisional IRA don't hurt women and kids

**brighton hippy** · 19-10-2009, 12:06

Originally Posted by weekend_worrier

'I hope they pissed in his cocoa before they tucked him in for the night.'

Perhaps they bummed him as well ...

Talking of pish-poor books, has anyone else here tried to read Colin Forbes? He makes Cyril Clunge look like Tolstoy.

read one where the US tries to invade the uk queue loads of US navy seals in amtracks being blown up near rye by claymore mines

in a covert battle :D Now rural sussex is hardly the most lively placed but I think people might notice an attempted invasion :D
Somebody would wander over to them and kindly ask them to keep the noise down

**wommit** · 19-10-2009, 12:35

Digital Fortress by Dan Brown.

If this c**t had done any research into cryptography this fcuking book would never have been written.

The basic premis is a pile of stinking turd crap. And I'm being kind.

To postulate that ANY encrypted message can be broken is stupid. To state that ANY digital file can be decoded is too stupid for words. What about evil b*****ds like me would would create gigabyte sized files of random bits? Decode that you ignorant p**t.

EVERY printed copy of this bucking fook should be implanted deep into Mr.d Browns colon, so it can emerge in its true state.

**Fat_Cav** · 19-10-2009, 12:48

I borrowed Married to the SAS many years ago when knocking around the library whilst researching some work related stuff.

Quick run down. Andy McNab's ex-misses tells her life story as a Hereford Slapper who goes out clubbing, shags THEM and marries Andy. Kids, GW1, capture, PTSD, divorce, yadda yadda!

Absolute shite drivel which should never have made it into print. Thank goodness it was borrowed as I hate to think I could have paid good geld for this crap.

What next? "Anally defiled by the SAS (every weekend!)" by A N Other-Whore