Wretched Excuses for Good Lit

A Listmania! list by "helenadcs" (Memphis, TN United States)
 
A Farewell To Arms
1.  A Farewell To Arms by Joan Hohl
The list author says:
  "I hated Hemingway from the first chapter, and I must say I was *so* glad at the end when she died."
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The TORRENTS OF SPRING
2.  The TORRENTS OF SPRING by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "If this doesn't make you hate Hemingway, nothing will. 96 pages of absolute crap."
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Across the River and into the Trees
3.  Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
The list author says:
  "I love it when he kills off annoying characters."
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Omeros
4.  Omeros by Derek Walcott
The list author says:
  "The only reason we read this peice of junk was that Walcott has friends in our English Dept. This book is trash, chaff. I recommend burning it."
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Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)
5.  Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Leonard
The list author says:
  "Milton is a pompous jerk, and his writing is irksome. Even worse, his theology sucks."
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Demian (Perennial Classics)
6.  Demian (Perennial Classics) by Herman Hesse
The list author says:
  "I could have gone my whole life without reading this and been perfectly happy"
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Siddhartha
7.  Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The list author says:
  "see above"
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4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (493 customer reviews) | 4 customer discussions

Madame Bovary (Bantam Classics)
8.  Madame Bovary (Bantam Classics) by Gerard Hopkins
The list author says:
  "I wish he'd killed the little witch earlier. She did not deserve that sweet man she married."
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The Warren Commission Report: Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
9.  The Warren Commission Report: Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by President's Commission on The Assassination
The list author says:
  "Thankfully this one does not masquerade as literature. But it does masquerade as the truth, and it is not."
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