Just finished one of those books that I have been reading alongside lighter fare -- Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. Wood.
Sounds interesting. I'm reading
Lies My Teacher Told Me and I'll be curious to see if some of the same material is covered.
Hey,
Mellow, never worry about me wasting time with books. I still adhere to my 50 page rule so
Alice had me in some way. I never considered giving upon it.
I did, however, read
Phil's comments on an early Rechy book being banned while in the midst of
Alice, and the issues of banning (which I am against) and pornography kept coming to mind. I mention that because I'd call
Alice porno, stylistically written porno but still porno. BTW, what does a book have to do today to be considered porno? Have a naked woman, a donkey and a whip on the cover?
Mellow, again, labeling Alice as porno is pure classification, not a moral judgment. Even so classed IMHO I still wouldn't consider time with it wasted.
NWP, you've convinced me to give
Audicity of Hope a try.
Mellow, I'll be looking into the Japanese one, and
Phil the historical mystery sounds good.
