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My Literary Canon...

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by basso, May 17, 2024.

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  1. Agent94

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    I tried to get through Catch-22 three times and couldn’t finish. I’m sarcastic, but that book is bitterly sarcastic. A Confederacy of Dunces is great.

    I tend to read more non fiction and Surely You’re Joking Mr Feynman is one of my favorites.
     
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  2. Buck Turgidson

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    For Whom the Bell Tolls
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Where the Wild Things Are
    Slaughterhouse Five
    Heart of Darkness
    The Power and the Glory
    The Thin Red Line
     
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  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    You might enjoy the new biography of McMurtry. I noticed it was a finalist for the Pulitzer in biography this year. Can't recall the writer's name but he did the Joan Didion bio too -- I really liked that one.
     
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    Tracy Daughtery? Larry McMurtry: A Life?
     
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    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    That's the one! Daugherty is from Texas from the way back, I think, went to U of H. Great writer.
     
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    Yeah, I should have included Blood Meridian or the Border trilogy. All great books.
     
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    I've read Catch-22 at least three times, maybe more, although it's been a while. I think of it more as cynicism, rather than sarcasm.
     
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    Brave New World
    1984
    Animal Farm

    Rocket River
     
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