michaelsnyder
08-04-2008, 01:37 AM
At some point in my distant past I saw the movie. I never really considered reading the book until I found myself at my local library scanning the unabridged books on CD, desperate for ear food on an upcoming road trip.
I picked up Ken Kesey's classic and almost immediately began kicking myself for not having picked this one up sooner. Among its other virtues, this book is a veritable storehouse (or playground?) of delicious metaphors and similes. Every page (yes, I now own a paper copy too!) is rife with subtle (but fierce) conflict, a pitch perfect voice, and some of the best figurative writing I've ever encountered.
And lest the images of Jack Nicholson in the old movie poster scares you off, the subject matter is a mild PG-13 (or less) compared to what's on most network television these days.
Mike
I picked up Ken Kesey's classic and almost immediately began kicking myself for not having picked this one up sooner. Among its other virtues, this book is a veritable storehouse (or playground?) of delicious metaphors and similes. Every page (yes, I now own a paper copy too!) is rife with subtle (but fierce) conflict, a pitch perfect voice, and some of the best figurative writing I've ever encountered.
And lest the images of Jack Nicholson in the old movie poster scares you off, the subject matter is a mild PG-13 (or less) compared to what's on most network television these days.
Mike