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Thu Mar-23-06 06:49 PM
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"Portnoy's Complaint" - ever read it? |
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Should I?
I was told I'd love this book
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Thu Mar-23-06 06:55 PM
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It's a modern day classic.
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Thu Mar-23-06 06:56 PM
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I was probably 17 or 18 at the time and my bizarre group of friends at the time read this along with such other classics as Naked Lunch and Catcher in the Rye. Took me another 14 or 15 years to embrace that demented soul underneath which was the likely reason in which I did enjoy it so much.
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Thu Mar-23-06 06:57 PM
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Very honest book within its context.
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Thu Mar-23-06 06:59 PM
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Thu Mar-23-06 07:00 PM
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5. Don't get it second hand. |
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Thu Mar-23-06 07:21 PM
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Thu Mar-23-06 07:02 PM
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6. It'll make you think every time you eat liver. |
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Wasn't that scene in the book? It's been a long time since I've read it.
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Thu Mar-23-06 07:06 PM
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Written before Roth started to get so pompous.
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Thu Mar-23-06 07:10 PM
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9. Basically just a long whine... |
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...but a funny one, as I recall.
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