 

D. Lye

"David Lye"
(REAL NAME)
 
Helpful votes received on reviews: 77% (99 of 129)
Location: London, UK
 

Reviews

Top Reviewer Ranking: 21,719 - Total Helpful Votes: 99 of 129
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing A&hellip by Shereen El Feki
4.0 out of 5 stars Mecca-nik bonking, 11 Nov 2013
A really useful and eye-opening insight into the minds of (mainly) younger Arabs, seen through the prism of Shereen El Feki's study of sex and sexuality in the Arab world.

The book describes how people balance their own natural desires and inclinations with the temptations of pop culture and the pressures of family and social conformity (and the hypocrisies sanctioned under Islamic Law). The book describes peoples' hopes for the future, as well as referring back to the tolerance and enlightenment that flourished around the high point of Islamic civilisation some 5-600 years ago.
Autobiography by Morrissey
Autobiography by Morrissey
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars What he said, 11 Nov 2013
I loved three-quarters of this book. Written in Morrissey's own voice it tells evocatively and powerfully of his childhood, his dreadful schooling, the birth and burgeoning of the Smiths, and his later triumphs as a solo artist. Morrissey tells his tale waspishly, wittily, and with dark humour.

Only one downside for me - the interminable rehearsing of the infamous court case, in which the other two Smiths (the bassist and the drummer) were deemed by the Judge to deserve an equal share of the royalties earned by Morrissey and Johnny Marr. A ridiculous judgment by any standards, but Morrissey's endless raking over the coals doesn't tell us anything we didn't already know -… Read more
Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality by Theodore Dalrymple
As ever, Theodore Dalrymple swims energetically against the tide of ignorance, instant celebrity and sentimentality in modern life. His dissection of the media reporting of the McCanns and the Peter Falconio case is particularly trenchant. As ever, he takes his argument a bit further than it can sustainably go. But he's a welcome and never dull dissenting voice.

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Your Disobedient Servant (A Penguin special) by Leslie Chapman
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The Not Knowing by Cathi Unsworth
The Not Knowing by Cathi Unsworth
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