Next on my reading list

Right now, I'm reading Hadrian the VII. I' m done with about half of it. But, the best is still to come. I was shopping in Oxford circus for things to take home to India, when I spied Borders near the station and absolutely had to go in. So, I finished shopping with Manu(my cuz) in a hurry, sent her off ( She had to go to a party anyway, and I bought lunch. So, stop looking at me like that) with a considerable amount of relief and sauntered in to Borders. Once in, I just couldn't let the crowd, the sheer number of people or the huge queue in the cash counter deter me. I was looking for something special. Something I couldn't get in India. Then it struck me. There is no chance I am going to lay my hands on anything by Alexander Theroux. So, I went looking for Darconville's Cat, an Adultery or Laura Warholic. Nothing! I guess we'll have to wait until January to lay my hands on one of those babies. However, I did manage to sight Sot-weed Factor by John Barth (I was looking for 'Letters'). How could I not buy it? I've had an eye on that one for months , now. Oh, I spotted the paperback for 'Against the Day' too. But, I will check that out later. First, I am going fo try and get something by William Gaddis. I was put off intially after glancing at the covers of 'Recognitions' and 'JR' because I confused the former with the movie 'Awakenings' , starring Robin Williams & Robert di Niro (In my defence the book cover looked remarkably like the expression Di Niro wore throughout the movie). I definitely did not want to read another book on the 'indomitability' ( Is that a word?) of the human spirit. I did some reading later and discovered that was not the case. Thank God!So, it is going to be Hadrian the VII first, then the Sot weed Factor, Recognitions, JR and then Against the day/V