TOO MUCH SUN
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OVER 250,000 copies sold! A timeless and touching coming of age classic
“The astonishing first novel about a runaway kid in Alaska”
“By Kerouac out of Salinger . . . The pioneer of a new post-Beatnik generation.” New York Herald Tribune
“Rowdy, wild and bawdy. Barry is as engaging as Holden Caulfield and as believable.” Book of the Month Club
“What a discovery! Lee Olds writes brilliantly, his empathy for his characters is much like Steinbeck, but the voice he gives them is closer to Salinger. With the reissue of his classic TOO MUCH SUN he will get the recognition he deserves.” Chris Child
Discover TOO MUCH SUN, the 60s best-selling classic by Lee Olds, the most interesting writer you’ve never heard of. This is the beautifully written tale of Barry Douglas who runs away from his stifling home and rich parents to live by his own means in the freedom and beauty of the wild frontier of Alaska.
He gets a tough job cutting brush at a remote mining camp and finds release from the grueling labor with sex, cold beer, and jazz. In the local town he meets Mary, a half Eskimo prostitute with whom he discovers both love and tragedy. This is the unputdownable novel of a young man coming to terms with himself and his world. A great read which will delight and surprise you.
Lee Olds is a pioneer of post-Beatnik writing whose provocative novels are finally being released for a new generation of readers.
OVER 250,000 copies sold! A timeless and touching coming of age classic
“The astonishing first novel about a runaway kid in Alaska”
“By Kerouac out of Salinger . . . The pioneer of a new post-Beatnik generation.” New York Herald Tribune
“Rowdy, wild and bawdy. Barry is as engaging as Holden Caulfield and as believable.” Book of the Month Club
“What a discovery! Lee Olds writes brilliantly, his empathy for his characters is much like Steinbeck, but the voice he gives them is closer to Salinger. With the reissue of his classic TOO MUCH SUN he will get the recognition he deserves.” Chris Child
Discover TOO MUCH SUN, the 60s best-selling classic by Lee Olds, the most interesting writer you’ve never heard of. This is the beautifully written tale of Barry Douglas who runs away from his stifling home and rich parents to live by his own means in the freedom and beauty of the wild frontier of Alaska.
He gets a tough job cutting brush at a remote mining camp and finds release from the grueling labor with sex, cold beer, and jazz. In the local town he meets Mary, a half Eskimo prostitute with whom he discovers both love and tragedy. This is the unputdownable novel of a young man coming to terms with himself and his world. A great read which will delight and surprise you.
Lee Olds is a pioneer of post-Beatnik writing whose provocative novels are finally being released for a new generation of readers.
Journal Entry 2 by aetm at Austin Pets Alive! Thrift store on E 51st in Austin, Texas USA on Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Released 1 yr ago (6/29/2022 UTC) at Austin Pets Alive! Thrift store on E 51st in Austin, Texas USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Safe journey little book - I hope you'll make many new friends on your travels!
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"Don't ever apologize to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologize to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read... "
— Neil Gaiman
To the finder of this book:
Hello and congratulations! You have not only found yourself a good book, but a whole community of booklovers dedicated to sharing books with each other and the world at large. I hope you'll stick around a bit and get to know BookCrossing --maybe even make a journal entry on this book. You may choose to remain anonymous or to join (its free!)
Feel free to read and keep this book, or to pass it on to a friend or even set it out "in the wild" for someone else to find like you did. If you do choose to join and journal, then you can watch the book as it travels- You'll be alerted by email each time someone makes another journal entry. It's all confidential (you're known only by your screen name and no one is ever given your e-mail address), free, and spam-free. Happy reading!
