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"A young man am I, twenty nine, but I am as full of dreams as an ancient. At night the years come back and perch around my bed like ghosts."
Despite the antiquated transatlantic dialogue, Percy can write his ancient ass off.
— Sep 10, 2026 08:28PM
Despite the antiquated transatlantic dialogue, Percy can write his ancient ass off.
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"He is a moviegoer, though of course he does not go to movies."
Given the context in which I find this, it sums up the entire book in such a meaningful and succinct way.
Dialogue is still unbearable, but I understand the purpose.
— Sep 11, 2026 11:09AM
Given the context in which I find this, it sums up the entire book in such a meaningful and succinct way.
Dialogue is still unbearable, but I understand the purpose.
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The dialogue is still annoying but everything else is alright. Had I bought this at full price instead of finding it at a library sale for a quarter, I'd be pissed lol.
— Sep 10, 2026 12:44PM
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Not sure I'll finish this. Like TEN NORTH FREDERICK, the book that won the National Book Award the year before this one, it suffers from what I like to call "Average White Person Food". It's bland and the texture is all wrong. It speaks of an age where whites ruled, and even the poorest Caucasian spoke in spotless transatlantic English, which is decidedly bullshit. The 60s were a terrible time for literature.
— Sep 09, 2026 12:56PM
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Everyone in this book speaks in a transatlantic accent. At least that's how I hear them. The whole presentation feels dated, antiquated, like a black-and-white film lost to time and adapted to newsprint.
— Sep 09, 2026 12:31AM
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Dedication reads:
"In gratitude to W.A.P."
Me too, Mr. Percy. Me too.
— Sep 08, 2026 11:52PM
"In gratitude to W.A.P."
Me too, Mr. Percy. Me too.