My friend seemed to have almost the entire Herman Hesse library and I borrowed and read a fair proportion of it. This was the largest of all those books; Steppenwolf, The Prodigy and Klingsor\’s Last Summer being fairly slim volumes. Read more…
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I must be on a books that inspired me kick at the moment — first Pay It Forward and then this, which I read around the same time. That was fiction and this is true. The other thing that both Read more…
I think Alexander Trocchi came to me via John Fante whose Ask The Dust had just been reprinted by Rebel Inc. They had the moody black and white covers and were finally getting the treatment that they deserved after a Read more…
You read Herbert Huncke and there is something so genuine and unforced about him and his writing, even when he is playing with some idea that twists the text out of a straight shape. If I had to state a Read more…
As with a lot of the books that line my shelves I came to The Redneck Manifesto by Jim Goad through the recommendation, or rather a loan, of the book from a friend. What\’s your first reaction when you get Read more…
Hypocrites unite and greet a moron on the u-turn. You don\’t have to laugh. You don\’t have to smile — just be a miserable bastard and you will get through this life as easy as if you made an effort. Read more…