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Originally Posted by RWood
Yes, it is long. On a value per page count it is very high. The writing is high quality without putting the reader down. There is no attempt to show-off his power with words. He tells a story that draws you in and you go willingly. When I first picked up the book I gave it fifty pages to prove itself. All too quickly I had only that remaining. There's a copy on the shelf a few books down from Kesey.
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Moving right along, and back to topicality, thanks for the above, Good Professor Wood. You know, I've only ever read one Kesey book, and it wasn't even
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (it was
Demon Box, and I was in my late teens when I read it, and for me they were times where comprehension was more visceral than intellectual, so I'm not sure how much I retain from reading it).
I might have to give
Infinite Jest a go - though, come to think about it, I don't even know what it's about (I'll just go Google now
).
Cheers,
Marc