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offline WeaklingChild from Glasgow (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 17:10 [#00942887]
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has anyone ever read this book?
i'm an absolute cunt for reading, cos i never ever get round
to it, but recently, my girlfriend gave me this book, and
its absolutely blowing my mind...i can hardly put it
down...
anyone else read it?
i gather that its quite a famous story..


 

offline deepspace9mm from filth on 2003-11-09 17:14 [#00942896]
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One of my all-time favourites... salinger's others don't
come anywhere near it, good as they are...


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 17:14 [#00942897]
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I have, finally read it this year. It's good, but I took too
long to read it. I've read loads of books inspired by it and
so it seems a bit tame and dated now, but it is well written
and has an odd charm.


 

offline purlieu from Leeds (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 17:14 [#00942899]
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It's good. Possibly overrated, but I enjoyed it a lot.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 17:16 [#00942900]
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i'm reading it at the moment, funnily enough, it's wicked.


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-11-09 17:17 [#00942901]
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what's it about?


 

offline Cokey Romano from Australia on 2003-11-09 17:20 [#00942909]
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I like it too. This, after American Psycho, made me read
like I watch films. After that, maybe you should read
William Burrough's Junky. I also like Laurence Sterne,
Flannery O'Connor and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Has anyone read JT
Leroy? That's sort of shit. I read lots of books now. It
really helped my head, in a sense. It's sort of clearer and
before reading I was urinating in bottles and things, like
Howard Hughes, but in a different way. Anyway, reading is
good. I reccomend it.


 

offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2003-11-09 17:38 [#00942931]
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i've read it twice in the last 2 years, it's probably my
favourite book, but that's coming from someone who hardly
ever reads. but yeah, there're few books i've read that i'll
read again, but this is one of them.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-11-09 17:40 [#00942932]
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One book I kept thinking of when I was reading this was The
Wasp Factory, similar mood or something. Check that out too.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-11-09 17:49 [#00942942]
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"What the hellya reading?"

"Goddamn book"



 

offline k_maty on 2003-11-09 17:57 [#00942951]
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good book, try charles bukowski


 

offline tragedy from Gloucester (United States) on 2003-11-09 18:03 [#00942962]
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this book is amazing. seriously read it.

has anyone read "th perks of being a wallflower"? th main
character is just like a modern day holden caulfield... you
guys should read that too.


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-11-09 18:07 [#00942966]
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what's it about?


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-11-09 18:08 [#00942971]
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it's about time
it's about space

about strange people
in the strangest place


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2003-11-09 18:13 [#00942973]
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sounds
fascinating


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2003-11-09 18:18 [#00942975]
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Actually it's about this awkward but lovable oddball
teenager who gets kicked out of his fancy prep school and
goes wandering around NYC having goofy times on his way
home, revealing more through his ideas and actions than he's
aware of, kinda. It's such a cool book! The details will
stick with you forever, like Maurice the pimp and the
perverted couple with highball glasses and the goldfish from
central park and the Lunts...


 

offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2003-11-09 18:20 [#00942976]
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talking about it, i would like to read it again, but i lent
my copy (which my brother stole from the school) to a
friend, who left to another school, and now i haven't got it
anymore!

the ending is one of the only endings that has ever made me
cry. stuff like that (movies and books) never make me cry,
but this one did.


 

offline Cokey Romano from Australia on 2003-11-10 20:26 [#00944591]
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Tony Danza's character is Who's The Boss was based on Holden
Caulfield, I heard the Danz say in an interview once. I once
saw this segment on Jay Leno, this guy went to a red carpet
screening and got all the celebrities to sign Shaq's shoes
for charity. They started on the first shoe, George Clooney
signed it, all these celebrities and they all did it nice
and were fine with it. Then that shoe was filled with
autographs so the guy put it down and asked the next slew of
celebrities to sign the other shoe. He pulls this clean shoe
up, no autographs on this one yet, and Tony Danza goes,
"What?" and starts laughing like this guy's making a joke,
and Danza looks at the shoe with utter contempt and says,
"I'm not signin' a damn shoe" and just walked off.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2003-11-10 20:28 [#00944595]
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and.........


 

offline Cokey Romano from Australia on 2003-11-10 20:37 [#00944599]
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I'm just sayin', you know, those people who think Tony Danza
is a good guy, fun to be around, think again...


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2003-11-10 20:44 [#00944606]
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my sister fancied Tony Danza.....


 

offline mimi on 2003-11-10 20:50 [#00944612]
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anybody read sylvia plath's The Bell Jar...? haven't gotten
to it yet, is it recommended?


 


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