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bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Bayard
(22,181 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Bayard
(22,181 posts)msongs
(67,462 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)195,850 words longer than War and Peace. The name escapes me . . . .
no_hypocrisy
(46,234 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,811 posts)Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,695 posts)Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Glorfindel
(9,739 posts)Chipper Chat
(9,695 posts)Dave, Frank and Agnes Hirsch.
Bama Dillert and Gwen French
rebe303
(143 posts)Rochester
wryter2000
(46,099 posts)too easy
wryter2000
(46,099 posts)Grace Poole
Blanche Ingram
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)Okay, that joke was in bad taste.
-- Mal
relayerbob
(6,559 posts)dem4decades
(11,307 posts)wryter2000
(46,099 posts)Good work.
relayerbob
(6,559 posts)MLAA
(17,340 posts)FSogol
(45,555 posts)MLAA
(17,340 posts)dem4decades
(11,307 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Ken Kesey.
dem4decades
(11,307 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)It's fun, and good exercise.
bahboo
(16,372 posts)I know...I know...
malthaussen
(17,217 posts)I'll get it, just give me a moment...
Diamond_Dog
(32,118 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)Diamond_Dog
(32,118 posts)🐇🐇🐇
Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)Paladin
(28,277 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,388 posts)I have recommended it to many.
Paladin
(28,277 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)Wolf
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)Coventina
(27,215 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)miyazaki
(2,253 posts)Bayard
(22,181 posts)Hint: Einstein
We don't deserve dogs!
Bayard
(22,181 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)miyazaki
(2,253 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)In my younger years I was fascinated by old ships. I built models of them and read novels about them. Two Years Before The Mast was another great one.
Tikki
(14,560 posts)A favourite of mine...
Tikki
Harker
(14,056 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)I'm waterproof, man.
That book threw off my cadence for months. I especially liked the chapter about the dorky day.
Harker
(14,056 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)OK, it's a novella, so yelling at me would be fucked up (Just so you know, that was a clue).
Extra credit: How old was Jake Santee?
VGNonly
(7,514 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)by Edward Abbey.
And, presumably, "Hayduke Lives."
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)I believe Monkey Wrench Gang was something of a Bible in Robert Crumb's world
Harker
(14,056 posts)Spotted one just a few weeks ago.
Harker
(14,056 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,602 posts)Rolf Steiner the retired mercenary.
Wolf
Harker
(14,056 posts)The fictional character was portrayed in film by both Richard Burton and James Coburn.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)Response to First Speaker (Reply #61)
First Speaker This message was self-deleted by its author.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
Emile This message was self-deleted by its author.
Emile
(23,024 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,280 posts)Emile
(23,024 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,280 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,280 posts)the author is very popular amongst DU readers.
hint: books are hilarious and this character has a great backstory
Ohiya
(2,244 posts)Maybe, Bad Monkey
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)catrose
(5,075 posts)Too long since I've reread it. Time for another round of Chandler.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...ever seen Mike Mazurski in the 1944 version, "Murder, My Sweet"? He steals the film...
GReedDiamond
(5,317 posts)miyazaki
(2,253 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,317 posts)Emile
(23,024 posts)VGNonly
(7,514 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Should've stuck to selling insurance.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,342 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)["I have no valence"]
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)He never should have ridden on the back of that motorcycle, (especially at high speed)
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)(Not from a novel, but written by a novelist)
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)I still have my copy (purchased at City Light Bookstore)
I'm always amused by the intentional misspelling at the end
Prelude to the Mayonnaise Chapter
"The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice." Man: His First Million Years, by M. F. Ashley Montagu
"Human language is in some ways similar to, but in other ways vastly different from, other kinds of animal communication. We simply have no idea about its evolutionary history, though many people have speculated about its possible origins. There is, for instance, the 'bow-bow' theory, that language started from attempts to imitate animal sounds. Or the 'ding- dong' theory, that it arose from natural sound-producing responses. Or the 'pooh-pooh' theory, that it began with violent outcries and exclamations
We have no way of knowing whether the kinds of men represented by the earliest fossils could talk or not
language does not leave fossils, at least not until it has become written
" Man in Nature, by Marston Bates
"But no animal up a tree can initiate a culture." "The Simian Basis of Human Mechanics," in Twilight of Man, by Earnest Albert Hooton
Expressing a human need, I always wanted to write a book that ended with the word Mayonnaise.
The Mayonnaise Chapter
Feb 3-1952
Dearest Florence and Harv.
I just heard from Edith about the passing of Mr. Good. Our heart goes out to you in deepest sympathy Gods will be done. He has lived a good long life and he has gone to a better place. You were expecting it and it was nice you could see him yesterday even if he did not know you. You have our prayers and love and we will see you soon.
God bless you both.
Love Mother and Nancy.
P.S.
Sorry I forgot to give you the mayonaise.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)iemanja
(53,076 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)iemanja
(53,076 posts)Did you read it?
Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)I didn't know anything about it going in, so I was VERY confused for the first several pages, and then I finally caught on. A unique, unusual story!
iemanja
(53,076 posts)and quite moving in parts.
Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)an "AF" character. The ending was bittersweet.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Akoto
(4,267 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)... Forgotten Realms novels.
-- Mal
Akoto
(4,267 posts)malthaussen
(17,217 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Emile
(23,024 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)MadScot
(16 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)MadScot
(16 posts)Been lurking for a long time. Excited to be here.
petronius
(26,606 posts)MadScot
(16 posts)I'm glad someone else on DU reads this series.
petronius
(26,606 posts)And if you ever watched the series, John Tams made an excellent Hagman - fantastic voice...
MadScot
(16 posts)I've got him singing "Over the Hills and Far Away" among others on my music app.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)I remember thinking "what a weird name" as I was reading it.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Response to Sky Jewels (Reply #106)
Sky Jewels This message was self-deleted by its author.
Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)👏
Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)yellowdogintexas
(22,280 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)I remember the spelling differently, but it's been 40+ years since I've read it.
Sky Jewels
(7,171 posts)Her full name was Rose of Sharon, but the family called her "Rosasharn"
57sneirno
(10 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)57sneirno
(10 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)consider_this
(2,203 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)I don't think it's the right "The Greek" but worth a try
Harker
(14,056 posts)Glad you gave it a go, though.
His wife Cora and Frank Chambers are also major characters.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,572 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Mad_Dem_X
(9,572 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)Response to red dog 1 (Original post)
red dog 1 This message was self-deleted by its author.
VGNonly
(7,514 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)wishstar
(5,272 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)I just reread it.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)It's a truly great book, imo.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)VGNonly
(7,514 posts)played by Scott Glenn in the film.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)iemanja
(53,076 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Response to petronius (Reply #219)
petronius This message was self-deleted by its author.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)My most favorite work of American literature.
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)It was written by a weird, misogynistic woman.
petronius
(26,606 posts)Not Heidi
(1,321 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)I've read it more than once.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)FSogol
(45,555 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)I think.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)"...It's a great mistake not to..."
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)jmowreader
(50,567 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)wnylib
(21,657 posts)wishstar
(5,272 posts)wnylib
(21,657 posts)iemanja
(53,076 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)iemanja
(53,076 posts)I'm pretty sure.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)zanana1
(6,135 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Graham Greene.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Just wanted to tend the rabbits.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)(Must be because of your working in a bookstore, right?)
Harker
(14,056 posts)I've done a fair bit of reading, and I'm pretty good at remembering names, both by way of my bookshop life.
And I have a trivial mind.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Much discussed, but unseen character.
VGNonly
(7,514 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)Last edited Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:38 AM - Edit history (2)
Truman Capote.
Edited to include the 'i' in Tiffany's.
petronius
(26,606 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Thanks for asking, though!
petronius
(26,606 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Hint: The author is scottish.
petronius
(26,606 posts)I'm guessing Excession, but I really can't keep them all straight...
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)ornotna
(10,807 posts)Good luck.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)VGNonly
(7,514 posts)or Rose of Sharon
Harker
(14,056 posts)Ohiya
(2,244 posts)petronius
(26,606 posts)Hint: a friend of Archie...
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...a zillion other appearances in the series, too...
petronius
(26,606 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...and I am a huge Stout fan. Archie is every bit as good a narrator as Philip Marlowe, without the high-falutin' rhetoric...
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Tyche
(86 posts)One of my favorite books
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)MissMillie
(38,587 posts)I admit it, she's a minor character.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)yardwork
(61,715 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)red dog 1
(27,875 posts)Harker
(14,056 posts)initially.
red dog 1
(27,875 posts)(and other John Le Carre novels as well)
Harker
(14,056 posts)I always check in if there's new posts.
Thanks!