This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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Yes, it's a wonderful bookalthough one of the chapters near the end ("The Eternal City") which details Yossarian's journey through a night-time Rome full of human suffering and inhuman actions is one of the bleakest pieces of writing I've ever come across. (the image of the drunk woman saying "Please don't" is making me feel sick as I type this).
I think a great companion to this book is "The Tin Drum" which again presents an unorthodox view of WW2.
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I_Was_Mordred, Fri 16 May 2008, 15:10,
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