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SOMEDAY, MR. FRED,
YOU TAKE THIS BOOK,
TURN IT INTO A NOVEL.
EVERYTHING IS THERE.
JUST FILL IN THE DETAILS.
WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME LAUGHS.
NO. NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS A BOOK WOULD BREAK THE HEART.
So using a quote from the movie let lunch in to this.
This is not the movie in book form. After reading this book I understand it is the very essence of term "loosely based on" Yeah there a Holly, and yeah there is a Fred, but now we see a gay man who is stuck with a craving of image of something that is ...more
YOU TAKE THIS BOOK,
TURN IT INTO A NOVEL.
EVERYTHING IS THERE.
JUST FILL IN THE DETAILS.
WOULD BE GOOD FOR SOME LAUGHS.
NO. NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS A BOOK WOULD BREAK THE HEART.
So using a quote from the movie let lunch in to this.
This is not the movie in book form. After reading this book I understand it is the very essence of term "loosely based on" Yeah there a Holly, and yeah there is a Fred, but now we see a gay man who is stuck with a craving of image of something that is ...more
I wanted to read something light after finishing Manson, and this novella was listed as a hit in the 60s so I ordered it from the library. I remember the movie and assumed it was based on the book????? I am going to have to revisit the movie now because I found the book very, very different. The book was depressing to me; poor Lulamae from Tulip, TX trying to make up a life for herself making lots of bad turns! Winkipedia says Audrey Hepburn was embarrassed by the role???? It must have been pret
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o.k. book, very short, not sure whatall the hype was about.
such a cute little crazy story. I'm so glad I finally got around to reading this book.
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