Has he tried any of Patrick O'Brian's sea stories? Those are good stuff--and there are lots of them!
The John Dunning bookseller mysteries are good, too--Booked to Die, The Bookman's Wake, etc.
Any interest in classics like Robinson Crusoe, Moby Dick, Gulliver's Travels? How about John Buchan (The Thirty-Nine Steps, etc.)?
There's a series called Boys Own from Penguin--oldies-but-goodies--She, Greenmantle, Man Who Was Thursday, Treasure Island, Prisoner of Zenda, Tarzan of the Apes, Around the World in Eighty Days--that might be worth a look.
bye for now
minnie
edited to add: What about Rumpole (John Mortimer)? Those are fun, and pretty innocent, really.
Last edited by minniemarx; 02/12/09 02:01 PM.
