This blog is my way of inviting you all too my den. Doing so the virtual way - I must confess - is also a way to keep you out of my off-line den. For the best reading experiences only require a master narrator and a humble reader, don't they?
None the less, I do believe that happiness is only real when shared. Therefore, every once in a while, I will devote a few mediocre lines to admirable books (be they fictional or not).
Please feel free to share your visions regarding the concerned novels or history books.
As I read that Romney is opposed to cutbacks in military spendings today, I decided to devote my first lines to a wonderful satire. Set against the background of World War II, this tragically fun novel exposes the absurdity of warfare and the moronic and bureaucratic ways of reasoning within the military:
Yossarian (the main character) is not the archetypal, fear-conquering soldier, as his aim is to "live forever or die in the attempt". However, this tragic character quickly became one of my fictional heroes!
Quote: "That crazy bastard may be the only sane one left."
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