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- Subject: Re: Looking for recommendations
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- From: gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
- Date: 7 Jan 93 17:57:13 EST
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- In article <hawleylm-070193114837@hawley.apple.com>, hawleylm@apple.com
- (Lorin Hawley) writes:
-
- > It seems people are often most strongly impressed by whichever TR book they
- > read first. That might be because that's when his style has such a strong
- > impact.
-
- There's probably a lot of truth in this statement. The first TR book I read was
- "Still Life with Woodpecker", which really bolstered my spirits during a
- particularly miserable point in my life. I have read all his other books,
- except for "Skinny Legs and All", which I put down after 40 pages, and I think
- "Still Life" is unquestionably the best of the lot. That book took me into
- another world, giving me a much-needed vacation from the one I usually reside
- in :-).
-
- "Jitterbug Perfume" is my second favorite, though it is closely followed by
- "Even Cowgirls get the Blues". Both books have some of the best characters I've
- encountered in fiction, namely "Pan" and "the Chink". When books have
- characters that interesting and colorful, what could you want?
-
- I thought "Another Roadside Attraction" was weird, yet pedestrian, and the
- style seemed overly enthusiastic and cumbersome. Sure it was
- peopled with odd and enigmatic characters, but they had nothing more
- enlightening to say than the dime store philosophy you can get from any
- dope-inspired Deadhead. The plot was even less interesting. "Jitterbug
- Perfume" is (IMO) a far more enlightening experience.
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