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College and the Art of Partying

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College and the Art of Partying was a rare reading experience. This book is a book a lot of people won't like for a lot of reasons; for one thing it sacreligiously puts kicks before all else, and rejects everything that gets in the way of them. So the book in turn reject a good part of what makes our culture tick. It speaks to a small college audience who is searching for something far beyond what the others on their floor are looking for, and it doesn't give a red hoot about anyone else. I would enjoy tweaking some sections of it in creation of a more accessible read, but it would probably lose it's soul in the meantime. There are times you get the feeling that the author is just trying to shock people who are easily shocked, and they probably were the worst sections of the book, because the passages could seem contrived. But for all the outsiders out there in college read this book--READ this book. It's speaking to you.

Well written and engaging throughout, College and the Art of Partying humorously reports on the perimeters of the college experience. While the writing is undisciplined and self-indulgent, and the book seems to follow its own literary rules, the reader regardless benefits immensely. Highly, recommended.

Good news. Hunter S. Thompson has been reincarnated in this radical look at college life. He doesn't have as much talent in this life, but his wit is drier and much funnier. It is a journey to find yourself (and women and booze) in the liberating environment of university life. The book's stream of consciousness style misses here and then, but it has fine comedic timing, and is definately worth reading. Not at all for the squeamish.

A philosophical treasure that humorously discusses living life to the fullest. This is a book with a gem of a sense of humor where the reader is never really sure what is tongue in cheek and what is on the level. Ballsy and unique.

This was not quite what I expected in a book about college partying. The book is very raw in areas, I suppose under the front of "honesty". The author also conveys a cynicism that makes you wonder if his search for mind altered fun isn't really just a shell in which he is trying to hide. On the bright side, the book has many areas that make you laugh.