Eat the Document : A Novel (Paperback)

from stillatim

This is a perfectly mediocre book, reasonably entertaining, but absolutely wonderful for understanding today's literature. Its successes and its flaws are all so widespread, it's as if I'd found the Platonic form of the Contemporary Novel. Which means this review got a little out of hand. ** I pe...

from periwinklejane

Well worth the read even though I'm not ranking it as a classic or anything. What happens when underground 60's radicals meet wannabe poseur radicals in the 2000's? Lots of thoughts on what it means to protest.

from janey47

The strength of this book is the juxtaposition of 70s and 90s sensibilities, culture, fashion, etc. Meant to be ironic in many ways, I found it somewhat flat. After buying all the nominees for the National Book Award for this year, I decided to read it first, since it looked like it would go quic...

from wandering_star

In 1972, a young woman called Mary (then Freya, then Caroline) goes on the run after involvement in bombing the houses of executives of companies involved in producing munitions for the Vietnam War. The novel alternates between her story and that of a group of people in the 1990s - three in their...

from lindawwilson

My sister recommended this book, said it was different and interesting. I thought it had some redeeming qualities such as Mary's life on the run, but the passages about Henry made no sense and I really disliked the music and counter culture bookstore parts. I did not clearly understand the end so...