I think this is the deal:

by Billectric

Posted to What Are You Reading? on 2003-05-09 20:11:00

Parent message is 446554
It was the same when I read The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. I had heard and read so much ABOUT the books that they didn’t seem as original as I expected.

I was just getting impatient with Jack on the mountain and I wanted him to come down to Earth, which he does as the book unfolds. There are gems of writing in here for sure. Make no mistake. I will quote some soon.

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