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Review: We had to read this book in Sophmore English (circa 1977-78). In the entire sophmore class, only two people actually read the book from cover to cover; most of us never made it through the first chapter. First off, none of us could understand what this book was about, and second after the first few pages (I only got to 35 pages myself), it had undertones (overtones?) that could not be overcome, especially in a Catholic school. Thankfully, we never got tested on it. This book was trashed as soon as school was over for the year and if this book ever went out of print will be not a day too soon.I do not know, as an adult, if any of us would "choose" to read it for pleasure. I think any book that was "required reading" sort of kills the pleasure of reading it again decades later for your own amusement.
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