samssong Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The Bath literature festival has voted the novel To kill A Mockingbird as the most influential novel of all time followed by Catcher in The Rye. Although I love both novels they do not get near my own favourites that are. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Trestle . Another is ,Up In The Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell a book you can re read time and time again and still come up with a different ending. Any Thoughts . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I have read neither Mockingbird or Catcher, so obviously they can't have had much influence on me. I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samssong Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 I put this thread in general discussions because I thought it would be an interesting subject to debate looks as though I am out of touch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huxley Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I love both books...but I think Catcher in the Rye has the edge personally. What does everyone think about Go Set a Watchman??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TORONTONY Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 I guess Dickens influenced nobody at all then and Citizen Kane and Gone with the Wind among other great novels, were wastes of paper. Oh well, what can you do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomgeg Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 The Bath literature festival has voted the novel To kill A Mockingbird as the most influential novel of all time followed by Catcher in The Rye. Although I love both novels they do not get near my own favourites that are. Cannery Row by John Steinbeck and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist by Robert Trestle . Another is ,Up In The Old Hotel, by Joseph Mitchell a book you can re read time and time again and still come up with a different ending. Any Thoughts . I liked both your choices, I read the ragged trousered philanthropist in the eighties when Thatcherism was at its peak. It struck a chord with me then as something that had been written at tha turn of the 19/20 century and still relevant as people were scared then of losing their jobs. I haven't read Cannery row for a few years but would also recommend 'Sweet Thursday' by the same author. A lot of the same great characters in a story that moves around. Will Doc finally get it off with Suzy? I'll not spoil the ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 not read either, but i have mockingbird on dvd, good film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookman Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Morning! I love 'Of Mice and Men' by Steinbeck. Turned it into a good film too. Found a book on Amazon that kept me page turning recently: Challenge of the Gods. Good dark fantasy. Anyone else read it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willman Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 How many people genuinely chose to read either book? Many people i know only know of either book since its inception as a film, then there are those who have had to read it for academic reasons. Apart from that i don't know anyone who has read them. Unlike Dickens and Austen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samssong Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 I liked both your choices, I read the ragged trousered philanthropist in the eighties when Thatcherism was at its peak. It struck a chord with me then as something that had been written at tha turn of the 19/20 century and still relevant as people were scared then of losing their jobs. I haven't read Cannery row for a few years but would also recommend 'Sweet Thursday' by the same author. A lot of the same great characters in a story that moves around. Will Doc finally get it off with Suzy? I'll not spoil the ending. I am going to read it today:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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