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Title: Intimate portrait of a great writer...
Review: What makes this book so special to me is that I feel I am close to one of the great writers of all time. Sometimes the book seems (and of course, it is) dated, sometimes it seems visionary. But most of all, it is warm and touching and the writer's obvious love of his dog is particularly dear. It makes a "great" man quite human, although it is amusing to note that Kerouac's "On The Road" is a far-superior book - a truly great work. Steinbeck's fiction is much better than this travelog, but still, it's a joy to read and I feel like I really got to know him as a friend.
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