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Is Worst. Person. Ever. a condemnation of all of us?

Is Raymond Gunt the worst person ever? At a minimum, he’s had some help…

This book’s main character, Raymond Gunt, may in fact be the worst person ever, or he may just be proof that assumptions and a lack of context make for the worst in people. Truth be told, that’s probably and sadly more common than we’d all like to think.

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Never Mind the Sex: Portnoy’s Complaint is About Finding Yourself

Portnoy’s Complaint was published in 1969 to controversy and acclaim alike. The book was fought against due to censorship of the language and sexual portrayals. While the swinging’ sixties were in full effect upon release, the publishing world wasn’t swinging to the same tune, nor was everyone onboard with the quite irreverent Jewish image.

I had no real clue what I was getting into when I cracked the pages of the book for the first time.

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October Light has layers beyond its book within a book

There are quite a few stories within this book, including a book within a book that’s quite the read, but I’ll get to that in a moment. October Light, written by James Gardner, is based on two very specific things; a conflict between an old man and an old woman, as well as pieces of a fictional book that we read along with one of the characters.

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