OT Non SF Recommendations..

On 4/09/24 10:31, William Hyde wrote:
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My first day in the US I wanted to eat at a restaurant across the street
from my hotel in Maryland.  As I got to the end of the hotel driveway I
was confronted with nine traffic lights.  I ate at the hotel.  In fact,
I never left the hotel except by cab.

My first day in the US late last century was spent in Disneyland. We
decided on a Mexican restaurant close to the hotel in the Disneyland
area. Although the traffic wasn't heavy, the footpaths and surrounds
were filthy, poorly maintained and empty of pedestrians. Despite the
short distance we took a cab back to the hotel and did not attempt to
walk anywhere local again.

My favourite reads in recent decades include your recommendation of
Robertson Davies' trilogies and Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet.
Do you have two or three more to recommend? Thank you.