Painting Snails by Stephen John Hartley - Revision history

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We'll soon have a review of this book.

You can read more about Stephen John Hartley [[:Category:Stephen John Hartley|here]].

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 One of my reviewers says that the test of a good book is the number of pieces of paper you've put in to flag up points for later consideration or quotation.  I've got a veritable forest, but I'm not going to quote anything: I really think you'd be best reading the book yourself.  That way you'll get the flavour of the man.  He's irreverent and lives life to the full and he's funny, although I won't readily forgive him for the footnote about the overpaid footballers which left me snivelling with laughter in the doctor's waiting room just as my name was called.  I would like to thank him for sending a copy of the book to the Bookbag though: it's been a real treat.
-One of Hartley's heroes was the late, great John Peel: we have our own [Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel and Sheila Ravenscroft|tribute] to him.
+One of Hartley's heroes was the late, great John Peel: we have our own [[Margrave of the Marshes by John Peel and Sheila Ravenscroft|tribute]] to him.
 You can read more about Stephen John Hartley [[:Category:Stephen John Hartley|here]].  Do read it - it tells more of Hartley's story than I've been able to include in the review.

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-We'll soon have a review of this book.
+It's very difficult to classify ''Painting Snails'': originally I thought that as it's loosely based around a year on an allotment it would be a lifestyle book, but you're not going to get advice on what to plant when and where for the best results.  The answer would be something along the lines of 'try it and see'.  Then I considered popular science as Stephen Hartley failed his A levels, did an engineering apprenticeship, became a busker, finally got into medical school and is now an A&E consultant (part time).  I found out that there's an awful lot more to what goes on in a Major Trauma Centre than you'll ever glean from ''Casualty'', but that isn't really what the book's about.  There's a lot about rock & roll, which seems to be the real passion of Hartley's life, but it didn't actually fit into the entertainment genre either.  Did we have a category for 'doing the impossible the hard way'?  Yep - that's the one.  It's autobiography.
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