I also liked Catcher in the Rye
see also Jack Kerouac's On the Road
( Peej, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 12:39, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I was expecting to like On the Road more than I did.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 12:43, Reply)

I have tried to read it several times and got bored each time.
I don't understand, because I'm sure it is supposed to appeal to me.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 12:54, Reply)

For the life of me I couldn't see how it 'shaped a generation' or whatever.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:00, Reply)

it was shit. FACT.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:12, Reply)

I have a couple of recordings of Kerouac reading excerpts from that and some other books
accompanied by a jazz pianist extemporising underneath it all, and that is excellent. The words and his delivery are very pleasing to listen to, but I still can't read him.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:13, Reply)

PONCE.

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:13, Reply)

Perhaps.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 2 Aug 2012, 13:14, Reply)