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Old 06-23-2014, 09:31 PM   #1
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The Novel Cure. Your suggestions.
"The Novel Cure" is a book which recommends novels for various ailments and life hassles. I was just looking through the Kindle sample on Amazon when I came across the issue:
"age gap between lovers"
The author of this book recommends "A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian" by Marina Lewycka.
My immediate thought was Tom Sharpe's "The Great Pursuit" which I'm reading in a tatty old paperback at the moment.

What books would you recommend for certain ailments and issues?

Abandonment: Robinson Crusoe
Bad temper: Wuthering Heights
Ageing, horror of: Picture of Dorian Grey
Fear of ghosts: The Canterville Ghost

Any others?
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The War and Peace suggestion made me giggle! Computer books do it for me.

Alcoholism: Lawrence Durrell, Rosy is My Relative

Depression: The Road by Cormac MacCarthy

Tridecaphobia: Friday the Thirteenth, Thomas William Lawson
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Causing you to have to register for the sex offender registry: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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Kafka will cure confusion?
It will help you to embrace confusion instead of fighting it.

Love the Lolita suggestion.

Feeling frustrated? Read Computers don't argue, Gordon R. Dickson, and realise it could be much worse.
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Causing a headache (from the constant head slaps at WTF am I doing reading this): Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Causing you to have to register for the sex offender registry: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
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My goodness, our dear Resident Curmudgeon. I believe you have a sad case of Outlander Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Perhaps the book club should issue a warning of the possibility of such dangers when a book is selected.
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My goodness, our dear Resident Curmudgeon. I believe you have a sad case of Outlander Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Perhaps the book club should issue a warning of the possibility of such dangers when a book is selected.
In case you didn't know, Outlander is coming to BBC America as a mini-series. I may give it a try to see if it's any better then the book.
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