04-28-2016, 03:55 PM
I am an avid reader, but almost completely fiction. favorite authors are
Salman Rushdie
Iris Murdoch
Michael Chabon
Vladimir Nabokov
Charles Bukowski
Mark Twain
Anthony Burgess
Thomas Pynchon
Best non-fiction book I have read recently was "The Black Count". Fascinating story about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father of author Alexander Dumas) who was a black man that rose to the level of General in Napoleon's army during the French Revolution. He was the highest ranking black man in a "white" army until Colin Powell. Dumas became so popular that Napoleon eventually became jealous and turned against him.
Salman Rushdie
Iris Murdoch
Michael Chabon
Vladimir Nabokov
Charles Bukowski
Mark Twain
Anthony Burgess
Thomas Pynchon
Best non-fiction book I have read recently was "The Black Count". Fascinating story about Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (father of author Alexander Dumas) who was a black man that rose to the level of General in Napoleon's army during the French Revolution. He was the highest ranking black man in a "white" army until Colin Powell. Dumas became so popular that Napoleon eventually became jealous and turned against him.
