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On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition 11 reviews
Jack Kerouac
Viking Adult, 2007
Ultimate Version of a Classic redone
+ Award-winning actor Will Patton who lends a charged and vivid voice
+ Kerouac's Seminal Book Still Haunts and Resonates a Half-Century Later
+ Yass, Yass, you should read this and explode.
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test 133 reviews
Tom Wolfe
Picador, 2008
Interesting and well-written
+ Good, better if you have read "On The Road First"
+ Fascinating to contemplate
+ Mind-blowing experience
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Run Like an Antelope: On the Road with Phish 51 reviews
Sean Gibbon
St. Martin's Griffin, 2001
A great book
+ Just phine.
+ The other reviewers seem to have missed the point...
I don't know what the other reviewers are talking about. I was riveted to read about Sean's experience and finished the book wishing that there was more to read. My only complaint about this book is that there wasn't more about his brother (I hope he's feeling better). Thank you to the author ...
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Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story 90 reviews
Chuck Klosterman
Scribner, 2006
The Flying V Neck of Books...Lives On
+ I can't state enough how much I put into this book
Chucky K, as I like to call him, does what any good writer should do, keeps the reader engaged and turning the pages from beginning to end. Is Chuck a Nick Hornby, David Eggers, Elizabeth Wurtzel? Well, of those three I've read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and watched the movie High ...
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Blast from the Past (Kinky Friedman Novels)16 reviews
Kinky Friedman
Ballantine Books, 1999
Fresh gimmickry keeps the Kinky series top-notch!
I had lost some faith in Kinky Friedman's tales of the Village Irregulars and the "mysteries" that they take on. Most folks noticed that the series was starting to get long on drawl and short on substance about the time the gang was searching for Ratso's mother...however, Friedman had a flash of ...
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On the Road With Bob Dylan11 reviews
Larry Sloman
Three Rivers Press, 2002
Obviously Five Stars
+ Simply the most entertaining book about Bob Dylan
+ far more depth than most rock books
Sloman's rant cuts to the bone and shares more than enough scraps from the feast of Dylan's mid '70's rock n' roll circus. His gonzo inspired adventure and inside/outside perspective are essential to understanding the status system of the stars on tour and the underbelly of the music industry. He ...
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Living with the Dead: Twenty Years on the Bus with Garcia and the Grateful Dead36 reviews
Rock Scully
Cooper Square Press, 2001
Read this one first...
+ Unvarnished biography of The Dead -- Great!
+ NICE!
+ Fascinating book
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Love, Janis27 reviews
Laura Joplin
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
love, janis book
+ extremely well written
+ Loved it.
+ Janis Joplin: She Was More Than Music
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Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned: A Novel 24 reviews
Kinky Friedman
Harper Paperbacks, 2004
"Everything comes out in the wash if you use enough Tide."
+ Addicting, a great read
+ Fun rated R book
+ Captivating
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Bluebeard (Delta Fiction)66 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1998
A Thrill for both my Meat and Soul!
+ The Vonnegut YOU Should Like
+ Vonnegut's Funniest
+ Bluebeard
+ A Beautiful Book
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (An Evergreen book)16 reviews
Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Grove Press, 2006
As authentic as it gets.......a riveting roller-coaster of a read
+ Very Wicked!!
+ GREAT!!!
+ A Must Have for Every Punk Enthusiast!
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: (Great Books edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)359 reviews
Ken Kesey
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999
One Flew East, One Flew West
+ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
+ Must Have
+ great quality!
+ McMurphy as the Metaphor for the Terrorist Suspect
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Audrey, Wait!25 reviews
Robin Benway
Razorbill, 2008
Audrey, Amazing!
+ Robin, Wait! And get a better editor!
+ Strong debut novel
+ The story behind the song
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream417 reviews
Hunter S. Thompson
Vintage, 1998
A classic
+ Great book, unfortunatell i've seen the movie
+ Great Book
+ A book about the savage journey to the heart of the American Dream!
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Slaughterhouse-Five708 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999
Like Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto.
+ A highly creative and simultaneously amusing and thought-provoking novel that hammers home its themes; "A-"
+ One of the best
+ Slaughterhouse-Five
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006
Wonderful read for good laughs
+ A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors
+ A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir821 reviews
Augusten Burroughs
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006
Wonderful read for good laughs
+ A Childhood Undesired: A Review of Running with Scissors
+ A humorous romp through an unusual childhood
+ Liked the Movie Better
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Slaughterhouse-Five708 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999
Like Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto.
+ A highly creative and simultaneously amusing and thought-provoking novel that hammers home its themes; "A-"
+ One of the best
+ Slaughterhouse-Five
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On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition11 reviews
Jack Kerouac
Viking Adult, 2007
Ultimate Version of a Classic redone
+ Award-winning actor Will Patton who lends a charged and vivid voice
+ Kerouac's Seminal Book Still Haunts and Resonates a Half-Century Later
+ Yass, Yass, you should read this and explode.
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk (An Evergreen book)16 reviews
Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
Grove Press, 2006
As authentic as it gets.......a riveting roller-coaster of a read
+ Very Wicked!!
+ GREAT!!!
+ A Must Have for Every Punk Enthusiast!
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