Sunday, 7 July 2024

The Graduate (summer read)

While this summer is not very summery round here (not that I am complaining), I thought I would give you a reading suggestion for the season. Because I tend to read seasonally, if that makes sense. So back in 2022 (I think), I read The Graduate. Yes, becaise before it was a classic cult movie, it was a novel (or rather a novella) by Charles Webb. I think I preferred the film, that said I enjoyed reading the source material. It remains a classic coming-of-age story, which I suspect resemble many young men's summertime holidays.( Oh and on a side note: the cover looks more like it was meant for Lolita, surely. I know they could not beat the classic movie poster, but still, I don't think it fits the novel at all.)

1 comment:

Debra She Who Seeks said...

"Plastics!" Did that famous line come from the book or did they add it for the movie?