Crying In Public

Some books really ought to carry a social embarrassment warning. David Copperfield for instance…nobody told me how sad it is…I’m talking about a tear-jerking, ugly-faced crying, true-life movies level of sad. Reading it on the train home yesterday evening I was blubbing into my scarf. I wouldn’t mind but the girl sitting in front of me was reading Should Have Got Off At Sydney Parade which is obviously at the opposite end of the scale: red-faced, wheezing, can’t-catch-my-breath-except-to-snort-like-a-pig funny.

We must have looked a right pair.

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  1. John of Dublin

    January 19, 2007 at 12:46 pm

    That’s brilliant, sounds like the train trip would make a great TV Monty Python type sketch!

    I never knew David Copperfield was that sad either. I heard A Christmas Carol (another Dickens) was sold out of bookshops at Christmas – maybe due to mention on Ryan Tubridy’s book club.

    I bought “Should Have Got off at Sydney Parade” for Christmas for my middle daughter – a 20 year old student psychiatric nurse. She loves Ross O’Carroll humour. I must borrow it myself for a read…roight!!.

  2. lauranen

    January 19, 2007 at 6:35 pm

    Someone at our house is reading the latter too. We have the entire RO’C-K series lined up on a shelf next to the… toilet seat! I find that deeply disturbing, what will the guests think?! :D

  3. gingerpixel

    January 19, 2007 at 10:35 pm

    Hmmm, maybe I need to give his books a go…for when I want something a little more cheery after a long day’s work.

  4. Sarah

    January 21, 2007 at 6:27 am

    I love books that make me cry. They automatically go on my favorites list!

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