The Whore of Akron

I have to agree, Moddy, that the book was enjoyable.

This is a stretch, I know, but the feel of this guy's work was a little bit like Holden Caulfield. It's so hard to relate to the way he looks at some things, you just allow yourself to look at it from a detached angle.

 

And the detached cosmopolitan airs of people who care about so few things passionately in this life confuse me.

Raab makes no bones about his real priorities by the end of his book when he details his son's illness.

There's something beautiful in mania. I'll say personally, my obsessions probably kept me alive during hard times. When there's nothing else in life, we can create meaning in things that aren't particularly meaningful. Something to get us out of bed until life turns to a point where something actually meaningful comes about.

 

You have the perfect copy of the book. Reliving the same thing over and over, just like Cleveland sports fans!