It's been 40 years since I read (all) them.=C2=A0 I remember loving Vonnegu=
t but not Breakfast of Champions

--- On Mon, 3/8/10, Don Abrams  wrote:


From: Don Abrams 
Subject: [iddiots] Vonnegut
To: "idd" 
Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 10:30 AM


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The autodidactic part of me has initiated a process whereby every third boo=
k I read, I read a classic that I don=E2=80=99t know. So I=E2=80=99m taking=
 =E2=80=98Three by Vonnegut=E2=80=99 with me to Captiva Wednesday.=C2=A0 Th=
e collection includes: Cat=E2=80=99s Cradle, Slaughterhouse- Five and Break=
fast of Champions.=C2=A0 Since all the Vonnegut I=E2=80=99ve read so far ar=
e just short stories, I=E2=80=99m wondering which one of these would be the=
 best first read for a newbie?
=C2=A0
I just finished a book that I cared about more than almost any other for th=
e past several years: =E2=80=98Let the Great World Turn Spin=E2=80=99 by Co=
lum McCann.=C2=A0 The connective tissue involves Philippe Petit=E2=80=99s t=
ightrope walk between the two World Trade Towers in 1974, but the book is s=
teeped in humanity and a wonderful homage to NYC.=C2=A0 At one point I was =
gob smacked that I had such an emotional reaction to something relatively e=
arly in a book. And I can also concur with iddiots who=E2=80=99ve touted th=
e recent documentary about Phillipe Petit =E2=80=98Man on Wire=E2=80=99; bu=
t don=E2=80=99t be misled, the book is not about him or the walk.
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While I have your eye, I=E2=80=99d also recommend Mary Karr=E2=80=99s lates=
t memoir, Lit.=C2=A0 While it isn=E2=80=99t necessary to have read the firs=
t two, Liar=E2=80=99s Club (another of my all time favorites) or Cherry, th=
is one is even more brutally honest.=C2=A0 She has been a poet for much lon=
ger than she=E2=80=99s been a memoirist, so her language is exquisite and t=
otally unmannered.=C2=A0 The real deal here.
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the ice is slowly melting=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6.
Donnie
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