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shaayecanaan

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7. Amazing

Mon Apr 14, 2014, 02:24 PM

Apr 2014

I clicked on the link from my desktop and noticed the sidebar with a few more books:-

Junkie (1953) - William S Burroughs's semi-autobiographical novel about drug use and dealing
A Clockwork Orange (1962) - violently dystopian depiction of youth culture by Anthony Burgess
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964) - novel by Hubert Selby Jr about the rougher side of New York in the 1950s
The Wasp Factory (1984) - Iain Banks's dark novel about a violent, disturbed 16-year-old

I actually referenced two of those in my post. So much for taste I guess.

Also another favourite book of mine in the list:- Slaughterhouse Five

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Is there an 'angst canon' of books that teenagers read? [View all] shaayecanaan Apr 2014 OP

In many of Steven King novels Inkfreak Apr 2014 #1

I read a couple of his shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #4

Btw, I read Catcher in the Rye as a young boy. Inkfreak Apr 2014 #2

I agree there shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #3

3 books that changed my life as a 13 year old enigmatic Apr 2014 #5

+1 for the iron heel shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #6

Amazing shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #7

Also this article on the Guardian shaayecanaan Apr 2014 #8

The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, DragonLance and Stephen King were my teenage books. PeteSelman Apr 2014 #9

When I was a teenager.. MicaelS Apr 2014 #10

Separate Peace and Catcher In The Rye, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Doctor_J Apr 2014 #11