Geoff’s Reviews > Hopscotch > Status Update

As I'm entering the final stretch of this book, I'm becoming convinced it's a Great Novel, one of those 1,000 things to read before mortality expels you etc. But definitely not for everybody, to get these sentences - not for businessman or Republicans, money- or power-mongers, or others who've killed the urge to dream.

Totally wrong about this book on my first read - I take it all back - it's so wonderful, and feels very close to the heart of things. A book for dedicated outsiders...

How did I miss this book's genius the first time around? It's so alive it's practically writhing in my hands.

"To believe that action could crown something, or that the sum total of actions could really be a life worthy of the name was the illusion of a moralist. It was better to withdraw, because withdrawal from action was the protest itself and not its mask."

Hopscotching is fun! And for whatever reason, I find this sentence perfect : "Maybe one had to fall into the depths of stupidity in order to make the key fit the lock to the latrine or to the Garden of Olives." That should be a saying!