I’ve just had my birthday, so I have accumulated a number of new books for the List. I got the first two books in the series of naval novels by Patrick O’Brian (loads of people have reviewed these positively; even Christopher Hitchins in the NYRB), The wealth and poverty of nations by David Landes, Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, and The code book by Simon Singh. Expect reviews in about 18 months (!). (I have finished Mitford now, so progress is being made, honest.)
I also got an Oscar Peterson CD, Oscar Peterson's finest hour, published by Verve. This I can review already; it’s very good.
I’m writing today rather than tomorrow because I’m going to go to London tomorrow to watch England play the West Indies at cricket. The “Windies” are 2-1 down in the series, so England only need a draw in this match to win a series against them for the first time since 1969.
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