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I think I watched some of the TV miniseries B.I.T.D. As I recall Robert Mitchum played the lead. That's about all I remember. Anyway, Mr.Wouk falls comfortably into the category of 1950's American male authors of "BIG" books. Sagas... epics... think
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Just picked this one off of the local library's sale shelves. A heavy book in more ways than one.
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Not the correct edition but close enough. My rescued edition is by A. L. Burt of New York with no date(s) given. Looks to be either late-19th or early 20th century. Pretty good condition. Well... this is a long one and won't be finished any time soon
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“Religion is the opium of the people.”
― The Road to Los Angeles
― The Road to Los Angeles
“All these humans have left no space for anything else.”
― Migrations
― Migrations
“Black man cleans the streets but mustn't walk freely on the pavement; Black man must build houses for the white man but cannot live in them; Black man cooks the white man's food but eats what is left over. Don't listen to anyone bluff you and say Black and white are brothers.”
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“My mother said, "Arturo, stop that. Your sister's tired."
"Oh Holy Ghost, Oh Holy inflated triple ego, get us out of the depression. Elect Roosevelt. Keep us on the gold standard. Take France off, but for Christ's sake keep us on!"
"Arturo, stop that"
"Oh Jehovah, in your infinite mutability see if you can't scrape up some coin for the Bandini family."
My mother said, "Shame, Arturo. Shame."
I got up on the divan and yelled, "I reject the hypothesis of God! Down with the decadence of a fraudulent Christianity! Religion is the opium of the people! All that we are or ever hope to be we owe to the devil and his bootleg apples!"
My mother came after me with the broom.”
― The Road to Los Angeles
"Oh Holy Ghost, Oh Holy inflated triple ego, get us out of the depression. Elect Roosevelt. Keep us on the gold standard. Take France off, but for Christ's sake keep us on!"
"Arturo, stop that"
"Oh Jehovah, in your infinite mutability see if you can't scrape up some coin for the Bandini family."
My mother said, "Shame, Arturo. Shame."
I got up on the divan and yelled, "I reject the hypothesis of God! Down with the decadence of a fraudulent Christianity! Religion is the opium of the people! All that we are or ever hope to be we owe to the devil and his bootleg apples!"
My mother came after me with the broom.”
― The Road to Los Angeles
“But you worship money, Nate. You're part of a culture where everything is measured by money. It's a religion.”
― The Testament
― The Testament
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