Publisher's Synopsis
Have you ever stood baffled in bookshops, wanting to read those books that "everyone else has", but not knowing where to start? Have you ever felt excluded at a party when people chat about their favourite novels? Perhaps you just long to educate yourself further about cult literature. If so, "60 Second Cult Classics" could be the one for you. It presents all the information you need - in condensed form. Two pages are dedicated to each work, containing the outline of the plot and characters as well as some little known facts about the book and author. This "book of books" features 100 titles, including those by Kerouac, Calvino, Plath, Huxley, Mishima, Steinbeck, Vonnegut, Genet, Brautigan, Hesse and many other top names.;It is not intended to replace the reading of these top titles, but it will inform and instil confidence, so you can join in when conversation takes a cultural turn - without spending hours ploughing through dozens of books! You will have enough information to hold your own, know what others are talking about, and increase your enjoyment of these ultimately cool classics.;The foreword includes interviews with a range of cult writers who speak about what it is that makes a work of fiction a cult work.
