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Title: I'm not sure this one has aged so well
Review: I first read this when I was 19 (didn't we all?) I remember being fairly excited about it at that time. Maybe reading it in the "scroll" version has something to do with it (sometimes editors actually improve the author's manuscript), but 30 years later I've cooled on this considerably. Yes, there are passages which really grab you with their insight and beauty, but there's also WAY too much ridiculously dated "go, man, go" hep-cat nonsense. And, worse yet, long stretches of it are simply tedious. And, let's face it, the misogyny and homophobia read worse with each passing year.
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