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A book I cried in was Spike Milligan's Biography - but I don't have the name of the biographer here. His manic-depression was so sad, and the book understated the worst times which only seemed to make it worse :-) Androo On 27/04/07, Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It's hard to think of the saddest - there are lot of books that deal with > sadness (I'm curious, why is Bridge over the River Drina loathsome, > Jennifer? Is the book horrible, or does it deal with horror? should books > not deal with horrible things?) > > But maybe the most devastating book I know of - the ending is one of the > most profoundly sad I know - is The Last of the Just, Andre Schwartz-Bart. > > Cheers > > A > -- > Editor, Masthead: http://www.masthead.net.au > Blog: http://theatrenotes.blogspot.com > Home page: http://www.alisoncroggon.com > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ http://www.inblogs.net/hispirits http://www.flickr.com/photos/aburke/