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Drive, He Said
Author's first novel.
Paperback
Published
1964
by Dell
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One of the quoted reviews on the book jacket calls this "kind of a civilian Catch-22" and I am tempted to agree, to a fault. Both books have dialogue that reads like transcribed late-night bullshit-sessions. "Catch-22," however, also has a classic plot and an interesting structure. Which "Drive, He Said" lacks.
You get the feeling that everyone who was on a college campus in the late fifties/early sixties got, or could have gotten, a novel out of the experience. Or at least, in this case, a nove...more
You get the feeling that everyone who was on a college campus in the late fifties/early sixties got, or could have gotten, a novel out of the experience. Or at least, in this case, a nove...more
Jul 26, 2007
K Shawn
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Hippies, cool cats, professors
Shelves:
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This story, first published in 1964, has some good bits. Like when Hector Bloom--the super tall college basketball star--and the Dean of Men's wife, Olive, run off for a fling in Hector's car. After stopping at an out-of-the-way drive-in built to look like an igloo they are chased for like two hours by a gang of muscle-car enthusiasts.
Crazy fast stunt driving follows for the above-mentioned two hours. Eventually Hector loses the pack of marauding cars one by one until it comes down to the last a...more
Crazy fast stunt driving follows for the above-mentioned two hours. Eventually Hector loses the pack of marauding cars one by one until it comes down to the last a...more
Dec 09, 2008
Warren
marked it as to-read
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