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Xann

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  1. 'The Last Godfathers' by John Follain charts the history of the Corleonese mafia. Starts around the time of Mussolini and concludes early this year.

    Brutal, high body count, but since it purports to be assembled from judicial documents, testimony, wiretaps etc etc, it seems to be a pretty together document of what was going on. Silvio Berlusconi plays his part, he saves the mafia from virtual annihilation - hmmmm.

    Not usually my sort of book, found it on the tube.

  2. Raw celery is just so wrong, never thought it would be topped for foulness. Then a few weeks back on a visit to a favoured curry den, a friend ordered the bitter gourd. Ugh! Disgusting - the restaurant is pretty good with veg too - the okra dish there (another potentially underwhelming vegetable) is amazing.

  3. Gilliam, because Brian is a better looking film than many (any?) of the religious epics that I can recall right now. MOL is just stunning from the off, pirates, Creosote, madness - eye candy! Holy Grail is great and the surreal cartoons in the series rock.

    Baron Munch, 12 Monkeys, Time Bandits...

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