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Movie Review Sling Blade

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 4 Sep 19

Spoiler alerts 1996 Quite a long movie at nearly two and a half hours, this is a very well-acted and earnest but slow moving tragic drama. Billy Bob Thornton, who also wrote and directed the movie, plays Karl, a mentally...

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East of Eden by John Steinbeck

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 27 May 16

I just finished reading this book and wanted to pick your brains. Have you ever read this book? Considered an American classic, basically about a family and their secrets and life. Its so crazy how Steinbeck seems to get into the...

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Who Is YOUR Idol? How has he or she influenced you?

valentinesdiner @valentinesdiner (1214) • United States 5 Aug 09

I hate to use the term idol, but who is the writer you most admire, living or deceased? How have they influenced your interest or direction in writing?

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Steinbeck fans?

olaff123 @olaff123 (433) • Namibia 17 Jan 07

Is there any John Steinbeck fans out there? What's your favourite book authored by him and why? I've read almost all his novels, and my all time favourite is The Winter of Our Discontent.

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Of Mice and Men

working4theweekend @working4theweekend (2403) • United States 18 Dec 06

Have you read this book or seen the movie? This is another Steinbeck classic. This one is very sad and I like the movie, but it is a tearjerker. Chances are, you will fall in love with Lennie. I don't want to spoil the ending...

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Hemingway or Steinbeck?

ErrollLeVant @ErrollLeVant (4353) • United States 4 Nov 06

Who is better, in your opinion?

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APPRAISAL: Set of Hemingway and Steinbeck Books -

marybelle @marybelle (4) • Canada 16 Oct 06

The Hemingway set has the initials under the publishers information as: TA and I have a set of six but I don't know what it means. The dates of publication are: 1926, 1929,1932, 1937, 1938 and 1940. The Steinbeck set of six...