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A review by firstwords
Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck
3.0
Sorry mom and dad, I had to read something flying home from Thanksgiving. Stole it!
A good book, and a pleasant departure for Steinbeck. You can tell he is more of a beatnik at heart than anything else. Describing his stop at the Monterey Peninsula reads like Bukowski. Anyway, a very entertaining read. Not heavy at all, and fun and pleasant to get through. Also short as hell.
Re-read August 2015:
Did the audiobook version this time. Very fun reading. Good characterizations. Speaker had fun with the role. I had forgotten two things: (1) how bleak the deep south was, and specifically New Orleans during school integration, and (2) his description of his feelings on local and state law enforcement, and the difference between the two. (2) Rang as true 60 years later as it did at time of publishing. Sad, but not surprising.
A good book, and a pleasant departure for Steinbeck. You can tell he is more of a beatnik at heart than anything else. Describing his stop at the Monterey Peninsula reads like Bukowski. Anyway, a very entertaining read. Not heavy at all, and fun and pleasant to get through. Also short as hell.
Re-read August 2015:
Did the audiobook version this time. Very fun reading. Good characterizations. Speaker had fun with the role. I had forgotten two things: (1) how bleak the deep south was, and specifically New Orleans during school integration, and (2) his description of his feelings on local and state law enforcement, and the difference between the two. (2) Rang as true 60 years later as it did at time of publishing. Sad, but not surprising.