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He recently told Newsweek about his five most important books. And answered two related questions:
A classic you revisited with disappointment:Read about Burroughs' five most important books.The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.
Felt like the melancholy, pretentious ramblings of an old drunk. I nearly never read another dead person.
A book you hope parents read to their children:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.
Teaches kids to befriend their monsters.
--Marshal Zeringue