You Shall Know Our Velocity!

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nobodysloss
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I thought this was a great read....I read it in two days and I am not a quick reader....

It had a very Kerouac feel to it with the whole travel and go, go, go, go, go, feel to his writing.

I had trouble staying with "A Heartbreaking blah blah blah", but this was awesome and has encouraged me to maybe read the "What is the What"......

He needs to do more fiction, fiction like "Velocity" instead of his non-fiction/fiction memoir stuff...IMHO

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thank you, i was wondering about that book, i nearly bought it the other day but instead chose to go with a new not beat up edition of steppenwolf, and tender is the night.

next time i guess.

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His memoir stuff is light years better than his fiction. I enjoyed this book, but it's my least favorite thing he's written.

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I really liked his short story collection How We Are Hungry

nobodysloss
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cprv23 wrote:
I really liked his short story collection How We Are Hungry

Never heard of that - but will find soon

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one of my favorite books

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