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mk  ·  4379 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the saddest book you've read?

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo is rough. It'll take the wind out of your sails if that's what you're in the mood for.





khaaan  ·  4378 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Metallica did a song based on that

mk  ·  4377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I think the book is better.

khaaan  ·  4377 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I should read more ;-)

littlebirdie  ·  4379 days ago  ·  link  ·  

+1

Bawled my eyes out reading that one. I made my oldest son read this book when he was a phase where he was glamorizing the military and war. Changed his mind, changed his life. Now he's a veritable hippie. Read it.

StephenBuckley  ·  4379 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, fuck. That book is one of my favorites, too.

Today, Stephen realizes his tastes run towards the depressing.