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Diary #55 – Tristessa

In diary, essay, literature, review on 23 April, 2010 at 18:20

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SPOILER ALERT!! But it doesn’t matter because you can’t ruin that immediacy of intent by describing it.

Tristessa is my favourite book by Jack Kerouac. I have read two.

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