CFE Book Library

CFE Give one /take one Book Library
To join just donate 2 great books (or more) with a one sentence recommendation/description for each. To borrow from the library, donate one more book (with a review) and take one from the current list.   To arrange to borrow or to contact the library write to Danny at cfelibraries@gmail.com Rules: Give good quality books and take care of them.
Book	Review
Digital Fortress (Dan Brown)	Master craft in tension from Da Vinci code author with his trade mark wooden dialogue
Devil May Care (Sebastian Faulks)	Birdsong author writes as Ian Fleming in a classic James Bond revival
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)	Great master of the short story, featuring the story that inspired the film
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Louis de Bernieres)	Everybody's favorite novel set in War time Greek Island
The English ( Jeremy Paxman)	Witty and insightful observation about everything that is lovable and infuriating about da Brits
Palestine (Jimmy Carter)	A controversial New York Times best seller,subtitled Peace not Apartheid this is  Jimmy Carter's perspective on Palestine
Bad Blood (Lorna Sage)	Whitbread prize winning memoir that I just couldn't get to grips with.Guardian review of the time describes it as 'destroying so successfully the fantasy of the family as a safe place to be.'
Buddha Da (Anne Deacon)	Really enjoyed this book.Written in a Glaswegian brogue it's a funny tale of a painter/decorator taking up meditation at the local buddist centre and how this effects  his family life
The Yacoubian Building (Alaa al Aswany)	Loved this book. Set in a building in Cairo at the time of the Gulf War, it tells a story of sex,power and politics through it's occupants. It's full of richly developed characters. .A best seller in Arabic as well as in English.