best endsorsement for a book ever
this is what you are missing if you are not on goodreads:
Three weeks ago I held a yard sale. To pass the time I picked up this book I’d never seen from a box of books none of which I’d ever read and none of which I remember buying.
Of the many surreal happenings of that day one of the most strange was when, immediately after reading the first page, a well-groomed homeless man or a poorly groomed homed man rode past on a bike. He looked over and upon seeing The Eight lurched off his bike stumbled to my gate and, grasping it with all the force and desperation of a kindergartener being left by mommy, bellowed, “That book! Man! That book, man, is the biggest fucking mind trip it’s the best book you’ll ever read. That woman [the author] used to be an executive at Bank of America until those Southern fuckers came in and they fired EVERY woman in the company. God damn mother fuckers! But man, she’s beautiful too man, like a triple threat. And let tell you something…” and here he became quiet and conspiratorial, “….it’ll never NEVER be made into a movie. I won’t tell you why. 2/3 into the book BAM! [he yelled] it’s a fucking bomb on your brain! She just fucking drops that bomb on your brain and it’ll NEVER be a fucking movie!”
Can you name the book?
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July 8th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
The Eight? I keep looking at the crumbling copy in my basement, thinking I should read it again. I liked it when I first read it in 1994 or so, but it’s been so long I have no idea why. Strangely, I do remember the recommendation that led me to buy the book: “it’ll fucking blow your mind!”
July 8th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
was it recommended by the same guy?
Tell the truth: Did you really guess the book? oh… DUH. it is right there in the post. oh well.
July 9th, 2010 at 7:22 am
It is not a well-liked book by the reviewers, as far as I could tell. But the review that you quote is a great read itself.