Ed Bomze's Favorite Fiction

filed under Fiction and Personal Favorites

Ed Bomze is the uncle of Flashlight Worthy co-founder Peter Steinberg and one of the most self-taught, widely-read men Peter has ever known.

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by Jack Kerouac

Amazon readers say:

"Kerouac's seminal book still haunts and resonates after all these years."
"Nobody is as honest as Jack Kerouac."
"Genius for the restless sprit..."
"A streaming, sensuous work of chaotic experience."

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by Mark Helprin

Amazon readers say:

"Between Heller and Hemingway."
"One of the great novels of the 20th century."
"One of the great novels of the 20th century."
"Greatest american novel of the late 20th century."

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This book also appears on Peter Steinberg's Reading List
 
 
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by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Amazon readers say:

"It's one you will remember."
"Wonderful read, lush language and a real grasp of human life."
"Intriguing and illuminating."
"Fitzgerald's forgotten masterpiece."

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by Ernest Hemingway

Amazon readers say:

"Classic Hemingway... more than the sum of its parts."
"A wonderful work of literature - classic by any standard."
"An almost magical writing style."
"Moving novel of love and loss."

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