I had the same reaction when I read it in high school. I think it's a generational thing, and by now it's at least two generations gone by. Only one generation old but supposedly the same feel or theme is Confederacy of Dunces. The thing that really spoke to me when I discovered it in high school was Youth in Revolt -- it was unknown at the time and the only reason I saw it was that I worked at the bookstore and it had an eye-catching clean white cover with a bomb on it. (Why they changed that cover out for much busier and less eye-catching ones I don't know, and no, I haven't seen the movie.)
Oh, and perhaps the three-or-four-generations-gone-by novel is A Separate Peace, which really is wonderful, at least in my opinion. These are such a matter of taste.
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Date: 2013-09-26 12:28 pm (UTC)Oh, and perhaps the three-or-four-generations-gone-by novel is A Separate Peace, which really is wonderful, at least in my opinion. These are such a matter of taste.