After just finishing East of Eden, for sure Steinbeck. That guy really knew the human condition.
But Paul or Mark would be up there as well.
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Author You Would Most Like To Have A Beer With
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But Paul or Mark would be up there as well.
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Gordon Baxter had a great sense of humor!
I would like to have a beer with Peter Egan. Last I knew, he still had a Piper J-3 Cub.
Jules Verne or Rudyard Kipling.
The In Dubious Battle should be your next read; youth, idealism and futility.....
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Not exactly an author, but Orson Welles had quite an amazing life.
You know how having a drink with him would go:
You know how having a drink with him would go:
How about a seat at the dinner table of the early founder members of the Ferrari family? Certain the pasta and Chianti would be outstanding.
Apologies to the OP for stretching the subject's content.
Apologies to the OP for stretching the subject's content.
Raymond Chandler. And pretty sure it would be the booze of his choice, not beer.
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James Lee Burke, Joe Lansdale, Dennis Lehane, Annie Proulx.
Read that one awhile back. My comments would be overtly political as was the book. His later books seem more realistic, and true to knowing man's real nature.
C.S. Lewis
Nevil Shute
Stephen Hunter
H.G. Wells
Rod Dreher
Robert Heinlein
Nevil Shute
Stephen Hunter
H.G. Wells
Rod Dreher
Robert Heinlein
If by "beer" you mean "30 beers" then James Joyce.
That's an impressive list of literary suggestions. Not many today have the time or inclination to read anymore. What a shame to miss out on such a delicious slice of life.
Bravo gentlemen!
Bravo gentlemen!
If dead authors count, I'd have a beer with either Robert Ruark or Peter Hathaway Capstick.
George Plimpton: I crashed a party at his apartment many, many years ago but never met him.
Bill Bryson: I believe I've read everything that he's written and still have a first edition of "Lost Continent."
Edward Abbey: His work touched me on many levels and the Kirk Douglas adaptation of The Brave Cowboy (Lonely are the Brave), is still one of my most favored movies.
Bill Bryson: I believe I've read everything that he's written and still have a first edition of "Lost Continent."
Edward Abbey: His work touched me on many levels and the Kirk Douglas adaptation of The Brave Cowboy (Lonely are the Brave), is still one of my most favored movies.
Maybe a newish author will become a classic, but I have stopped reading so many books in the last few years. I never do this with the greats. Just a ton of terrible wannabe writers, and I get tricked by reviews and Kindle reviews and such. I think I have learned my lesson.
I can't believe I didn't list Robert Heinlein! Truly a great mind.
How 'bout these two?
George Plimpton was wonderful. I loved Open Net, and also enjoyed Out Of My League and Paper Lion.
Bryson's Notes From A Small Island and Lost Continent are both hilarious. His description of his childhood motoring vacation (in Lost Continent) with his family is one of the funniest things I've ever read. It brought back some memories.
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