“The cigarette was imperfect and refused to draw.”
Miss Lonelyhearts and the Day of the Locust (Turtleback School & Library) | 
“The cigarette was imperfect and refused to draw.”
#anglophileapril
(Day 29 - #OwnerOfALonelyHeart)
*I‘m soooo literal....
The first novella is this two novella volume was so-so/2 stars for me. Parts were brilliant but overall, it didn't work for me. My two star rating description from my GR page: "It was ok. Maybe a little more than ok, maybe a little less. It might have been really good in parts. But overall it was flat and left me a bit cold." That about sums it up. I'll give it a "it was a little more than ok" but not much. Maybe 2.5 ⭐️s On to Day of the Locust.
I've barely read three pages and this is already depressing the hell out of me. Yikes. @Waynegjr Classics in Brief @RoscoeBooks Book Club, July.
Well, I'm finding this pretty awful so far.
I'd Bail but it's only 110 pages. 😬
"'But that reminds me, I'm expecting one of my admirers - a cow-eyed girl of great intelligence.' He illustrated the word intelligence by carving two enormous breasts in the air with his hands. 'She works in a book store, but wait until you see her behind.'"
I started to read this one because I read that Flannery O'Connor was influenced by Nathanel West. I've recently started to admire O'Connor, so I'm trying to learn as much from and about her as possible. I can certainly see how she was influenced by Miss Lonelyhearts, and I'm not even very far into it.
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