Briefly...
A grim novel about cultural degeneration in 1960’s America. You know from about the 15th page that the principals are never going to pull off their drug heist. And you have little sympathy for them, not because they are weak or ignorant, but because they merely drift through life – vacant, listless, and devoid of moral decency.
I'll be moving on to James Agee's A Death in the Family this evening, as the 47th novel in my reading challenge found here: http://kvead15.googlepages.com/home .
Today's music: Brandi Carlile in all her emotionally-charged, wide-ranging vocal glory. You'll love that break in her voice in "The Story".
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