Name That Book!

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:53 am

Correct guesser posts the next clue.

Bird-man comes to city haunted by bad dreams seeking mechanical wings to replace his own (cut off as punishment for a crime).

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:21 am

Uh...Miéville's Perdido Street Station?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:31 am

Correct!

Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:00 pm

The exiled court physician of Akhenaten recounts his life experiences unto the bitter end.

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:24 pm

I read a book like that, only it was a woman.

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:22 pm

This is certainly male; maybe someone ripped it off.

Next hint: The main character has a lazy but sharp-witted slave sidekick who later becomes a freeman.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 8:23 am

I can say with absolute certainty that I do not know this one.

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:37 am

Should I post another book if nobody guesses?

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:00 am

Give it a little time, I think. I'm not sure how many people have seen the topic yet.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:14 pm

A little cheating here, I've never read it, but could it be The Egyptian by Mika Toimi Waltari who is apparently Finnish?

Thank you Google

Post by **deer of the dawn** » Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:04 pm

Oh, Finnish.

Post by **Frostheart Grueburn** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:16 pm

Io's correct. I did read the Miéville one, tho.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:21 pm

Oh Wow, so I get to do the next one.

OK. Set in the post first world war period, well off family from the south of England loses all its money and ends up in the north west with nothing but what they stand up in. The eldest child of the family, a girl, tells her story in 3 books. Any of the three book titles will do. A story of abject poverty and struggle, but somehow not depressing.

Clue: Liverpool

Edit: There are actually 4 books, not three!

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:58 am

Totally stumped.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 1:10 pm

I'm Murrin wrote:Totally stumped.

Got me too! Even Google isn't helping, although I did learn that Beryl Bainbridge is from there, which I didn't know before (I don't think I've ever read any of her books).

Your description of the books reminds me of Angela's Ashes which was so miserable (while also uplifting) that an aunt of mine who was young during the time when the books were set couldn't read them because they were too accurate

u.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:08 pm

Oh dear, and I love those books.

Actually, if you search on "Liverpool" amongs books on Amazon all the titles are there. For another clue, the well know river in Liverpool is mentioned in one of the titles.

Post by **I'm Murrin** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:43 pm

I'm not surprised I can't get it, really - I read almost no mimetic fiction.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:53 pm

Mimetic? Had to look that up and it doesn't seem to fit. The books tell the story of the author's early life.

Post by **ussusimiel** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:57 pm

Got it!

Twopence To Cross The Mersey by Helen Forrester.

Can't say I've ever heard them or her. Probably not my cuppa tea (or an aspirin

)

My go now?

I'll stick with a fantasy one: its a series that starts with a coming-of-age young man with a natural gift for magic (no big surprise there

). This one is interesting because it begins on a sheep farm but the wool of the sheep is special because it can be woven into a cloth called nightsilk that can stop bullets and sword slashes. (If you don't know ask Linna, she's a big fan of this author.)

u.

Website · Post by **Iolanthe** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:08 pm

Correct u. I suppose they are rather girlie books

I'm off to google "nightsilk".

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