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By all means read the book, it’s a great piece of writing. I had the book thrust into my hands as a teenager “you’ll love this” I read it. It’s the totally unrelateble story of a young snob having a jolly.
Well, now I'm sure you're just trolling. :)
I remember thinking about the realms of fantasy as he at 15 can afford to book a hotel room.
Erm ... seriously, you might want to re-read it if that's your memory of it. It's rather different ...
Oliver Schick
By all means read the book, it’s a great piece of writing. I had the book thrust into my hands as a teenager “you’ll love this” I read it. It’s the totally unrelateble story of a young snob having a jolly. I remember thinking about the realms of fantasy as he at 15 can afford to book a hotel room. It’s pre-bonespur Trump all over.
If Vernon God Little had been written at that point or even The Wrong Boy, I would have been all over those.