Re: Books!
I started reading it today.
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I started reading it today.
The book is really fascinating so far. The fact there were thirty-eight witnesses hearing or visually watching the murder and rape of Catherine Genovese right outside their windows, and did nothing, is horrible.
Just finished Post Office, loved it.
You can't read too much Bukowski. He's like Kafka or Murakami. I stopped reading him for a while, but a few month ago I bought "Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness" and that's exactly what I got. Timeless.
Finished Cat's Cradle a few days ago, now read 1984 which I am liking a lot, about halfway through at the moment.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Friend by Christopher Moore
This book asks the question: What if Jesus had spent his 'lost years' traipsing about with a sarcastic, lying horndog? The results are hilarious. There are hints of Life of Brian, though overall it's got a more American feel to the humor.
It also had a reference to Harvey, which automatically endeared it to me.
It's awesome. So awesome. Better than the movie, even, and I love the film.
Bumping this because I've been trying to become a pretentious literature enthusiast as of late.
I read Canada by Richard Ford about a month ago, and it was phenomenal. There were really only two noteworthy plot points - both of which are revealed in the first sentence. For the remainder of the book you just follow Dell - the main character - and you see the world slip beyond his control. It managed to hit really damn hard with so little. Best thing I've read.
I'm currently reading Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon and it's one mammoth of a book. It's also been really confusing so far. I'm on page 91 now and things are slowly beginning to make sense. Yesterday I read a part in which the main character dives down the toilet headfirst because he dropped his harmonica in it (also because he had to escape afro-american rapists). Two pages were then dedicated to the detailed explanation of various turds he saw on his adventure through the sewers.
Probably the most avant-garde poop humor one can find.
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes.
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