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Mar 31, 2008
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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This isn't something I would normally have picked up to read, but after I saw the bizarre movie, I had to read the book. The book was better!
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I didn't think I could stand Allie for the length of the book. Theroux, telling the book from Charley's point of view, made me more sympathetic. The insight into a man teetering on the edge of obsession and madness was intriguing; you come to understand how a man, held in check by our society, goes off into the wild and follows his instincts to the inevitable consequences. The book also raised valid issues about America and our values for me. The book also serves as a great travel story: well re
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