bookstrut
andyhoops
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so ive had my nose dug deep in alot of books lately and i dont have any left to read. recommend me some dope books. anything crime and gritty are usually what gets my attention but im down for anything so help me out.the last book i read was the fuck-up by arthur nersesian. a friend loaned it to me and i read it in about three days so im fiending now!
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I had been wanting it for a while. Its dope so far...
My girlfrind is the shit.
If you havent read Post Office by C. Bukowski, you should. It'll only last one sitting, but its great.
If your looking for crime type shit, you should read Papillion. I havent read it since i was maybe13 or 14, but i loved it at the time.
Down These Mean Streets is a decent book about the authors life as a puerto rican growing up in harlem, and his descent into a life of crime. Its by Piri Thomas.
Im just starting The Diary of Anais Nin.
I loved the sections onthe youth gangs in New York. I gotta see those documentaries it mentions.
About a kid growing up in Afghanistan before it all goes up the spout. By a USA living/Afghani born author.
me too. Fantastic book.
just finished it and if you're a footy fan, you'll dig it. hell even if you're remotely interested in it you will.
What a page-turner! Best $90 I ever spent.
Good lord, man! What is that? Whatever it is, I'm offended. Contracts make me think of nothing but:
Big cosign. It's brutal and wonderful.
I've noticed nobody has actually responded to this part of your post, so let me drop a couple. I don't know if you like older stuff, but I am always reading some hardboiled crime novel from the past - here's a couple that are in print and worth getting:
Shoot the Piano Player - by David Goodis
Most David Goodis novels are excellent, and the best ones are in print or easy to find reprints of. This one, "Night Squad" "Night Fall" and "Dark Passage" are all reprinted by Black Lizard, and all are excellent.
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye - Horace McCoy
One of my favorite pulp authors, and my favorite of his books. All 4 of his novels have been reprinted in this "Midnight Classics" series, and all are worth reading. "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" is the most well-known, but for crime and pulpy madness, this is the one to get.
anything by this guy.
jim thompson too...
......anything by this guy
flunk
I'm supposed to review this for a magazine.
Ha, I just read that. There was some interesting shit. Definitely that raw, uncut reality mixed with some baking-powder storytelling (as he admits). I'm sure it's very popular with the young adult demo. With the wonderful recipe he gives, we'll have a new set of professional crack cookers in our midst very soon. To me everything he does is marketing, which makes me disregard a lot. I respect him a lot, though; he's very savvy.
although i have very little time to read these days now that im back in school--post graduate steez, i pick this up with some frequency. it discusses how language, particularly African American Vernacular English(AAVE), or ebonics as its commonly known. Interesting read altogether. The author discusses the importance blacks lend to a vernacular that differs greatly from "proper" english and why any attempt to abandon AAVE is seen as trying to act white. They way we speak and the words we choose to use reveal a great part of our background, class identity, etc. Anyone interested in language and the ever-changing english lexicon should cop...