Been a busy month…. just finished reading "Pundits from Pakistan" by Rahul Bhattacharya (columnist with Wisden Asia Cricket magazine). Excellent piece of work, especially for someone who’s just 26…. the book is about India’s kick-ass cricket tour to Pakistan in 2004 and is a kick-ass piece of work… reads more like a travelogue than a cricket tour diary which mostly are ghosted pieces of junk hastily knocked together to make a quick buck… what I really liked about this baby is that it is completely unpretentious….. and quirkily humorous…. this dude has a future!!
Have also got hold of "The Shawshank Redemption" by Stephen King…. plan to start reading tonight… I am rediscovering King of late… just re-read "Cujo"… "Christine"…. and "It" …. the last one is a behemoth of a book…. keeps you hooked and riveted and … I must admit… just a little jumpy… until the last 30 pages or so… when it collapses under the weight of its own ambition…. goes totally awry man… but until you get there, one hell of a ride!… what I really like about King is the bells & whistles he tacks on to his writing…. like the advertising-related sub-plot in "Cujo"… you could say its irrelevant but hey!… still is damn interesting…. and like the device of starting every chapter in "Christine" with a fragment of a lyric from rock n” roll songs to do with cars…. the dood’s good!!!
Saw "Patton" last night…. total tour de force performance by George C. Scott…. if there was ever a character that eclipsed the entire movie… this is it…. and that opening speech!! WOW…!!!
Rediscovered the joys of Tia Maria over ice along with with a nice Havana this last weekend. 3 cubes of ice… pour 30 ml of the liqueur over them… a little shake and stir… light the cigar… dim the lights… put on some Pachelbel…. sit back and relax… and enjoy the sweetness as it engulfs you…..
there definitely is something to be said for a hedonistic lifestyle….. !!
