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10 Must-Reads Summarized In One Sentence

Society in decline, the novel, nature

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I will read a book, and immediately think after, “What was the main point here? What statement can encapsulate what I just read?

This is where you come in! Maybe you’re just on the go, maybe you just want to gauge interest before you read it, but I want to summarize entire famous books into one sentence!

“The Road” — Cormac McCarthy

The ultimate testament to fatherhood is guiding your child through a long road trip to safety after the Apocalypse.

“Confederacy of Dunces”- John Kennedy O’Toole

It’s astounding how far an arrogant idiot can go in this world until you realize that our society secretly values inefficiency.

“Walden” — Henry David Thoreau

“Naturalism” is not becoming “one with nature”, humankind instead discovers more about its own nature by encountering its opposite, Mother Nature.

“Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas”- Hunter S Thompson

There is a paradox here, one cannot fully understand the spectacle (the insanity of American society)…