On Oct 26, 10:47*am, "JT" wrote:
For the last several years my bride has given me a book for Christmas,
something I have enjoyed a great deal.

Are there any books that you would suggest?

It doesn't necessarily have to be fishing/flyfishing related. *In past years
I have read "The Ridge Runner" , "North to the Night", "Working on the Edge"
and could hardly put them down...

TIA,
JT

Ask for a brace of Donna Leon's Commisario Brunetti mystery series set
in Venice. Brunetti mostly forgets to carry his gun, is computer
adverse, and operates within the less than clear ethical complexity of
Italy. M. Dibden's Arsenio Zen Italian detective series is Brunetti's
darker opposite and also full of Italian complexity. Dibden just died.

"Ratios" is the most useful cookbook I have ever met. New and
recommended.

"1491" is an approachable update on the incredible advances in
archeology and anthropology since the 1960s which most folks,
political correctness and Nat Geo seem stuck in.

"The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana," Umberto Eco. Great Eco AND
amazing illustrations.

Many in my generation have said that Dana Lamb's "Where the Pools are
Bright and Deep," is the best writing ever on fly fishing. Good luck
in finding a copy and if you do and its a first edition it is
investment grade.

I am just starting to read "the Yacoubian Building," by Alaa al
Aswany. It's by a modern Egyptian and so far facinating.reading. Big
discovery for me but evidently this guy is very popular
internationally.

Dave