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Michael Finocchiaro
This was an absolutely wild ride of a novel. I think that without the 60s, novels like this one, A Time of Changes, and Lord of Light would not have been possible. That being said, I am not sure that someone without some direct or indirect experience of the hippy generation would scarcely understand this book. We follow the bisexual Kid (who can't remember his name or why he is here) through the anarchic Bellona. He makes some friends, takes over a gang of ruffians ("scorpions"), has tons of sex ...more
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