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Well I have this book and have read it once. It's a good read... interesting... and there are some poignant parts. The main character's personality is very endearing - the way he carries on despite it all. It's saddening how his family gradually alienate him... although pleasing that they are...

I wholeheartedly agree with that last sentence.

Saddened not to see this genius on these boards already... ... hurl into the bin all this Dan Brown doggerel! Drag yourselves from the gutter of literacy you cretins and emerse yourself in Buckowski. Except Women - that one is a little bit boring. ;)

It's trashy fiction. Novels bought in airports.

Factotum by Charles Buckowski.

Margeret Atwood is great! I don't agree with what you say about the way male authors write their female characters though.

There's nothing that won't stop me reading a book.... why hide yourself from this stuff - it happens you know. Why are you trying to avoid by blocking these things out?

Hi there my name is Andy. :) I enjoy reading in fits and starts - I've just finished reading 1984 and felt compelled to share my thoughts with someone. It blew me away a bit - in fact I've never been so disturbed and repelled by the contents of a novel whilst at the same time so grateful...

Its the one where he did a supernova on Urhura's face. Actually the Chekhov I'm talking about was a Russian author believe it or not.

The one where Spock gets his nob caught in the hoover is best.

I always buy second hand if I can. A while back I got a hard-backed copy of 5 George Orwell novels. The price - £2.75! :D

Well I got halfway through The Brothers Karamazov but had to stop - simply because I felt the text was going over my head. I felt I did not understand the points Dostoyevsky was trying to put across - especially the oldest brother (I forget his name). I found that when the author was...

The rye is childhood and holden is the catcher. He is trying to stop the children from falling off the cliff and into adulthood. Holden sees adulthood as inherently evil. In some ways he is jealous of his brother for being able to escape from this... Catcher is a brilliant book. I feel so...