fight club - Chuck Palahniuk
the Rum Diary - Hunter S. Thompson
Hells Angels - Hunter S. Thompson
Porno - Irvine Welsh
Acid House - Irvine Welsh
Andromeda Strain - Michael Crichton
Interview with a Vampire - Anne Rice
Storm Front - Jim Butcher (recent discovery, GREAT book)
these are ALL fast paced, quick (with the exception of the Vampire book) and fun reads
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King.
Its about an incident in 1815 when American sailors were shipwrecked off North Africa, captured by Bedouins and sold into slavery. White guys sold into African slavery! I'm surprised they haven't made a movie out of this. Speaking of books that should be turned into films...
Ghost Soldiers:The Forgotten Epic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Mission.
"The Bataan Death March was just the beginning of the woes American soldiers captured by the Japanese army in the Philippines had to endure. The survivors of the march faced not only their captors' regular brutality (having surrendered, they were considered to be less than honorable foes), but also a host of illnesses such as dysentery and malaria. For three years these "ghost soldiers" lived in misery, suffering terrible losses.
When Army Rangers among Douglas MacArthur's forces arrived in the Philippines, they hatched a daring plan to liberate their captured comrades, a mission that, if successful, would prove to be a tremendous morale booster at the front and at home. Led by a young officer named Henry Mucci (called "Little MacArthur" for his constant pipe as well as his brilliance as a strategist), a combined Ranger and Filipino guerrilla force penetrated far behind enemy lines, attacked Japanese forces guarding Allied prisoners at a jungle outpost called Cabanatuan, and shepherded hundreds of prisoners to safety, with an angry Japanese army in hot pursuit. Amazingly, they suffered only light casualties."
A man that makes a living out of writing magazine articles is the author, so its a refreshingly quick and easy read. Anyone familiar with WWII literature knows that there seems to be an unwritten contest as to who can write the longest damn book possible.
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Cherie
Providence, RI
October 2002
APR 14, 2004 01:10 PM
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
pinkisux
Boise, ID
March 2003
APR 14, 2004 12:15 PM