"Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq." > wrote in message
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> Kathleen wrote:
>> Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq. wrote:
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>>> I didn't think much of Walton's "The Complete Angler" or "Zen and the
>>> Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." And Kerouacks "On the Road" was only
>>> slightly better.
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>> I didn't like any of the above, although I was told that I was supposed
>> to.
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>> I read through Hemmingway's stuff by the time I was 10 - it was in the
>> living room bookcase. At that point, nobody had told me what ultimately
>> became of the man. Based on his writing alone, I thought that there was
>> something seriously wrong with him. I was right. Don't even get me
>> started on Salinger...
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> I never found a Hemmingway story that i actually enjoyed reading. But im
> very fond of Norman Mailer, his "Ancient Evenings" is a favorite

Sheldon Toad would love it. As I recall from reading it over 20 years ago,
Mailer fixated on fellatio. In an Ancient Egypt setting.