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A comment on David Bowie's list of books he loved in his life.

Re:David Bowie's list of books he loved in his life by jackyinger on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:40AM (#13732296)
Of all these, I'd recommend The Master and Margherita. It is mischievous with deep allegory.
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Re:David Bowie's list of books he loved in his life by CalChris on Saturday February 25, 2017 @11:52AM (#13732364)
I loved and recommended Master and Margherita. Well, I thought I understood it. Then I had a Russian girlfriend and found out I read it completely wrong. To them it's like Animal Farm rather than say Babe. It's still fun for us but I think it's probably very hard for a Westerner to get right.

I haven't read Clockwork Orange in a long time and I should. I didn't much like anything else he wrote but CO was awesome fun for a 20-something.

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