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Joseph Ridgwell Author Of The Ballad of Gilderoy

From Joseph's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author King of the literary underground

Joseph's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Joseph Ridgwell Why Joseph loves this book

A collection of Southern's short pieces: two dozen sketches which expose the hypocrisy of American social mores.

By Terry Southern ,

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1 author picked Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

This is a collection of the author's shorter pieces, two dozen humorous sketches which expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. Terry Southern is the author of "Candy", "Blue Movie", "The Magic Christian", "Flash & Filigree", and screenwriter for "Dr Strangelove" and "Easy Rider".


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The High House by James Stoddard,

The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.

The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.

Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…

Book cover of So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

Joseph Ridgwell Author Of The Ballad of Gilderoy

From Joseph's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author King of the literary underground

Joseph's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Joseph Ridgwell Why Joseph loves this book

In a small Pacific Northwest town we meet a young man who has shot dead his best friend with a gun. The novel deals with the repercussions of this tragedy: the anguish, regret, despair and bittersweet romance.

Typical of Brautigan's singular style, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a beautifully written, brooding novel. Its autobiographical prose is a fitting epitaph to this complex, contradictory and often misunderstood writer.

By Richard Brautigan ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In a small Pacific Northwest town we meet a young man who has shot dead his best friend with a gun. The novel deals with the repercussions of this tragedy: the anguish, regret, despair and bittersweet romance.

Typical of Brautigan's singular style, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a beautifully written, brooding novel. Its autobiographical prose is a fitting epitaph to this complex, contradictory and often misunderstood writer.


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