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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 06:49 PM
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"Portnoy's Complaint" - ever read it?
Should I?

I was told I'd love this book
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 06:55 PM
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1. Long time ago.
It's a modern day classic.
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 06:56 PM
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2. I read it years ago.
I was probably 17 or 18 at the time and my bizarre group of friends at the time read this along with such other classics as Naked Lunch and Catcher in the Rye. Took me another 14 or 15 years to embrace that demented soul underneath which was the likely reason in which I did enjoy it so much.
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Hissyspit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 06:57 PM
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3. I love it.
Very honest book within its context.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 06:59 PM
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4. yes. yes. you will.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:00 PM
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5. Don't get it second hand.
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:21 PM
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10. hehehehe
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:02 PM
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6. It'll make you think every time you eat liver.
Wasn't that scene in the book? It's been a long time since I've read it.
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Iniquitous Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:07 PM
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8. That's the book.
;)
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FuzzySlippers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:06 PM
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7. It's very funny.
Written before Roth started to get so pompous.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:10 PM
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9. Basically just a long whine...
...but a funny one, as I recall.
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