Anything by Bryce Courtenay.
On 4 June 2010 10:15, Ken Wolman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Actually, Ben has a friend who acted like Fred. He settled down quite a
> bit.
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> Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
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> "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> --Francine du Plessix Gray
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> On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:05 PM, Ken Wolman wrote:
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> > The Fountainhead was great when I was in high school. As for the Left
> Behind series, I have not read them, but I know a religious scholar who
> wrote about the "wars of religion" in the States, and his description of the
> literalism is pretty frightening.
> >
> > kw
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> > Ken Wolman http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com/
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> > "All writers are hunters, and parents are the most available prey."
> > --Francine du Plessix Gray
> >
> > On Jun 3, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Dominic Fox wrote:
> >
> >> I actually have read Atlas Shrugged (well, most of it - I may have
> >> skimmed a couple of hundred pages here and there). I'm pretty certain
> >> I'll never read anything *else* by Ayn Rand, though.
> >>
> >> I can't absolutely rule out ever reading any of the "Left Behind"
> >> series*, but I think I should probably just admit to myself that I'll
> >> never read Proust in the original French.
> >>
> >> Dominic
> >>
> >> * for "research" purposes, although I can't at present imagine what
> >> sort of research that might be.
>
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