Kenneth Overberg

Advantages: A good development of how to think of moral/ethical things
Disadvantages: -

...Author Kenneth Overberg sets forth his primary assumptions very early in this book by stating, 'Deeply rooted in the Catholic tradition is the conviction that morality is based on reality. Reality is God, human being and the rest of creation--all in relationship. Every moral dilemma presents a small but real slice of this totality.' Overberg draws heavily on the publication in the 1990s of the official Catechism of the Catholic Church and encyclicals such as The Splendor of Truth and The Gospel of Life in this third edition. While this book is written primarily with a Roman Catholic readership in mind (particularly for RCIA classes and other parish-based study groups), it can be used beneficially by Christians of any denomination. Indeed, it might well be suited for Anglican via-media Christians, given Overberg's emphasis... Read review

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Advantages: You get to meet the REAL Kenneth Williams
Disadvantages: You might not like the real Kenneth Williams

...Take a week off work and read this. Believe me, once you start, you won't be able to help yourself. With the diaries of Kenneth Williams, you don't so much saunter down a glittering memory lane, as plunge into a private, squirming hell. Y'see, Kenneth wasn't what he looked, and let's face it, that was an already pretty strange image. Here was a man with blantant homosexual leanings, with which he repulsed himself. He detested and loved the general public simultaneously. He was morbidly afraid of other people's germs, to the point of directing visitors to his flat to the local WC down near Baker Street Station, when their need arose. The book is filled with his printable thoughts on many of his co-stars and friends, and much had to be edited out, a sublime job by Russell Davies, as they were deemed unsuitable, and more importantly... Read review

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Advantages: Challenging and Entertaining
Disadvantages: Some people may be offended by it's contents

...Joe Orton was famous, homosexual, scandalous and murdered. The celebrated English playwright was killed by his mentally declining lover, Kenneth Halliwell, at the height of his career. The book charts Joe Ortons life in a gripping fashion. The young lad showed disturbing attitudes towards people, viewing them in a cold and detached fashion, yet with a kind of morbid fascination. His family's rather odd behaviour towards each other is used more than once in the shocking and complex plays he produced, and was the catalyst in him evolving into the outrageous writer that he was during the heady days of the swinging sixties. His partner since drama school was a slightly older man, Kenneth, who was very much his mentor in the early days. He encouraged Joe in his writing, at the expense of his own career, whilst being a creative force... Read review

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