Maybe 'erudite bullsh@t' was uncalled for
. He's a very clever man and I enjoyed the book a lot. I know I couldn't write anything like it and, as my old sculpture teacher said, 'Don't criticise unless you are damn sure you can do better". But some things just drove me mad in the book however, such as his use of the term 'Quality'. To me and everyone else I know 'quality' has to have a qualifier like 'good quality', 'bad quality', etc. and is not an absolute. It is meaningless without a qualifying adjective. I assumed he meant good or fine quality. But he never really said and he seemed to assume you would know what he meant. That kind of thing sort of summed up the book for me - loads of really interesting ideas and looks at other views on life and how to think about it but none of it quite hanging together.
The ending when he makes a connection with his son was by far the most affecting part for me.
Other people get a lot out of the book at a deeper level so I'm probably just a bit slow
Probably need to read it again. Sigh.
'Chasing Che' sounds good. Is that about Che Guevarra and his ride with his friend that opened his eyes to the injustices of South American society. If it is they made a film about called "Motorcycle Diaries".
