Author of St. Michael Poker & Drinking Club and Baxter's Friends
I included this book on my list of top ten books that influenced me because it was a quintessential book of the 1960s. It masked its depth of thought with playfulness. Brautigan's style was more free verse poetry than prose. His imagery was poetic, as well. Most of all, it was fun to read and made a good companion to his poetry collections. Next: Another Roadside more...
1960s, Another Roadside Attraction, poetry, Richard Brautigan, Tom Robbins, Trout Fishing In America
I've read a number of interviews and blog posts in which writers comment upon, or list, books you should read if you want to write. They are interesting, but I wouldn't be so presumptuous to prescribe a reading list for others, particularly a list of books you should read if you want to be a writer. Instead of offering a list of "must read" books, I prefer to list more...
Charles Frazier, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Hubert Selby Jr, Kenkesy, Kurt Vonnegut, Larry McMurtry, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Lonesome Dove, Richard Brautigan, Robertson Davies, The Great Gatsby, Tom Robbins, William Kennedy
Down Cemetery Road is the much-anticipated prequel to the unforgettable Baxter’s Friends. Ned Randle raises the curtain on the formative years of Billy Bright’s life, revealing a formula for his adult years that is at once both intoxicating and utterly sobering. Down Cemetery Road delves into the disillusionment of adolescence sadly often shot down by mid-life.
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