Mr McKee answers “It's a remarkably good book that has...”

Chris Bischof asked this question about Stoner:

It's a remarkably good book that has developed a cultish following. What is it that makes Stoner so compelling?

Mr McKee This books heralds the ordinary and normality, in which Stoner suffers the good and the bad of a simple, absolutely normal life.

But in this normality…moreThis books heralds the ordinary and normality, in which Stoner suffers the good and the bad of a simple, absolutely normal life.

But in this normality, this exposed simplicity, we can see an everyday life, that many of us know, unfold and we can appreciate the small victories and the resilience after defeat.

It's an intelligent yet simple book trying to get at a bigger idea that normal lives can be interesting, and at the end of one's life, one should not focus on regret, but on one's accomplishments, and the very fact that you lived a life, because simply living and overcoming small obstacles is a pretty big accomplishment we all look over. Stay gold, Stoner, stay gold.(less)

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