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#MarchIntoThe70s #WalkOnTheWildSide I love Lou Reed and adore the amazing Transformer album this song is on.I read the book years ago,gritty is what I remember.The book is often known for Algren‘s 3 rules of life :Never play cards with a man called Doc.Never eat at a place called Mom‘s.Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

I hated this! I‘m so glad I‘m done, so I have the pleasure of picking something new. I‘m curious to see what my book group makes of it. I know for sure three out of our eight members hated it.

My current book group book and I‘m super not a fan 😕

The title is probably better known than the book, thanks to the incomparable Lou Reed. Reed's song is as daring in its own way as was Algren's novel, though the 1962 film version was a rather anodyne affair by comparison. Still, it had Elmer Bernstein's score and Saul Bass's title sequences. https://youtu.be/XI9Or8rE_Dc Oh, and Jane Fonda!