Ian Brown finished reading Spook Street by Mick Herron
Spook Street by Mick Herron
"What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind? Do the Services have a retirement home for people …
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Ian Brown started reading Spook Street by Mick Herron
Spook Street by Mick Herron
"What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind? Do the Services have a retirement home for people …
Ian Brown finished reading Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
London’s Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their spy careers pushing paper. …
Ian Brown finished reading Extremely Hardcore by Zoë Schiffer
Ian Brown started reading Extremely Hardcore by Zoë Schiffer
Ian Brown started reading Real Tigers by Mick Herron
Real Tigers by Mick Herron
London’s Slough House is where disgraced MI5 operatives are reassigned to spend the rest of their spy careers pushing paper. …
Ian Brown finished reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron
Dead Lions by Mick Herron
328 pages ; 20 cm
Ian Brown started reading Dead Lions by Mick Herron
328 pages ; 20 cm
Ian Brown finished reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service …
"Look. I don't normally say this stuff, but I want to tell you something." He took a drag on his cigarette. "You're fucking useless, the lot of you."
Ian Brown started reading Slow Horses by Mick Herron
Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service …
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Ian Brown reviewed The Fund by Rob Copeland
Ray Dalio is insane.
5 stars
What a goddamn nightmare. You can almost get PTSD just by reading the book. Bridgewater seems like an incredibly fucked up place.
Ian Brown finished reading The Fund by Rob Copeland
JFC that was a wild read. The absolute madness of Ray Dalio and Bridgewater...the mind boggles.
Ian Brown started reading The Fund by Rob Copeland
I like reading non-fiction books about people in power, or with lots of money, behaving badly.
Ian Brown reviewed Cuba libre by Elmore Leonard
A novel on the Spanish-American War featuring adventurer Ben Tyler, an Arizona horse dealer. Just …
Speed run through the Spanish-American War.
4 stars
An enjoyable, fast-paced (it is an Elmore Leonard book after all) tour through turn-of-the-century Cuba. A heck of a western, even if it takes place in the Carribean. ACAB, even back then.
Ian Brown finished reading Cuba libre by Elmore Leonard
Cuba libre by Elmore Leonard
A novel on the Spanish-American War featuring adventurer Ben Tyler, an Arizona horse dealer. Just as he arrives in Cuba …