Synopsis: A man goes to an island to write a book and destroy the world in the process.
Key Takeaways
Opening page – Nothing in this book is true. Live by the forma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy. *Harmless untruths
I was only six years old when they dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, so anything I remember about that day other people have helped me remember
Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, “It might have been”
Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;
Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’
Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;
Man got to tell himself he understand
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way
Final Thoughts: Not for me, had some interesting things about how ridiculous nations and religions and marriage and bunch of other institutions are, I just didn’t enjoy the story I think, in saying that I may read again. 6/10
Stranger in Sydney 