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Topic History of: The Man Who Died Twice
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Author	Message
Sally	Wyot wrote: less likely to buy a book of any kind by a celebrity From his Cambridge days, Richard Osman was primarily a writer, novelist and TV producer.
JK2006	You'll be pleasantly surprised WYOT. I've always felt the really great achieve popularity AND quality (like Shakespeare and Dickens). One exception for that was Van Gogh (in his lifetime).
Wyot	Perhaps because I love literature so much, I work the reverse to most and am less likely to buy a book of any kind by a celebrity. I assume a significant degree of inflation of their talents! And all too often am correct. But time to give this guy a go, I think.
Honey	Oh I thought this was about the poor chap dead in Ukraine and somewhere else a while back, yet currently alive and well for all to see.
JK2006	Absolutely fantastic novel. I liked the first one but Osman has vastly improved as a writer and this one is way better. I would short list it for a Booker (not that they ever will). Superb.My favourite character is Joyce obviously but all are so well drawn. This is a stunning book; like Agatha Christie great writing; like Dan Brown highly populist (though Brown is a poor writer - only excellent at cliff hanging chapter endings).