in no particular order charles bukowski run with the hunted (harper collins, 1994): the best of Bukowski’s novels, stories, and poems, this collection reads like an autobiography, relating the extraordinary story of his life and offering a sometimes harrowing, invariably exhilarating reading experience. A must for this counterculture idol’s legion of fans. j.d. salinger franny and zooey (little, brown and company,1991): salinger writes “Franny came out in The New Yorker in 1955, and was swiftly followed, in 1957 by Zooey. Both […]

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