Has anyone read a book way too early in life when they were way too ignorant of the subject matter? I am sure there are loads for me but the one that sticks in my mind is "Holidays in Hell" by P.J. O'Rourke. I read it about 20 plus years ago and it is actually one of my favourite books but I didn't know so much about many of the countries in there. South African and Ireland, I was fine with obviously but Korea, Lebanon, Salvador etc. I didn't have any clue about. As I say, enjoyable reading but, at that point, I could have stood on a stool and a lot of it would have gone over my head. I must read it again but I can't find my copy.
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Read it again, stupid.
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Read it again, stupid.
Luckily I didn't read any Orwell until later on in life apart from "Animal Farm" which my politically naive younger self could handle.
..and thank you for saving me from a zero thread. It's really risky starting something down here in "Books"
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