Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

from NicholasPayne

This was a hippie "must-read" that I just didn't get around to until recently. A bit precious, but not without its charm. Farina was an engaging writer, and his kinship with Pynchon is evident.

from sometimeunderwater

Eh. Can't be doing with most of this beat generation stuff. I bought this for the Pynchon introduction, but the novel has none of that author's wit or wisdom. This one is especially depressing. M...

from jburlinson

The touching story of a man constipated so long that when he finally produces a bowel movement, it's too large to flush down the toilet.

from PghDragonMan

Sigh . . . Another book I let slip away long ago and now regret. My original copy was old enough it did not have an ISBN. Aside from a good look into the culture of the early to mid 1960's, the boo...

from phil_n

This is a really uneven but charming book. That charming part might be a stretch given the amount of drug (ab)use, vulgarity and domestic-flavored violence, but I think it lends a gravity to the bo...