Ham on Rye

Holy crap! Why did you get such an iconic book two stars?!?

The writing was exactly what I love in literature. It was gritty, hard hitting, and it had incredibly short chapters which mimicked the snatches of memory he was trying to convey. This is exactly why I loved reading some of his poetry. You don't get that kind of a “punch” in literature very often.

However, this book angered me to the point where I immediately took it to a used book store to sell because I don't want that kind of filth anywhere near me. Then I realized that someone else may pick it up and be as horrified as I was so I took it back home and threw it in a box.

Needless to say, I'll take my hard-hitting, grittyness from Cormac McCarthy and Vonnegut from now on and I hope to God I never have to read “cunt” that many times in a book again.