He thinks it Ghastly –so what would he say today, when that is the norm, the shaving, or what is it, for they clearly use some other means, laser, permanent removal though some advanced technological means…I mean I think I have seen some adverts insisting on permanent removal, in the window of some hair saloons that were referring to other body hair, or all body hair, which I think is the rule of the present… How things, fashions, habits change.these days it is not just outrageous to be hairy, there is a Bill Maher joke, who refers to changes in attitudes, fashions, attitudes to body care and appearance and the question that young people would ask what is pubic hair…They don't even know what that is in California, whereas there is a character in The Tropic of Cancer who has Shaved her ‘cunt’ and one of the males thinks it is repulsive, comical…can you imagine…he continues with ‘There is nothing to it, especially when it is shaved… but it is not among the 1,000 novels you must read, if you ask the under signed, who had tried entering the universe of this acclaimed some years ago and failed and now, determined to navigate the tumultuous waters no matter how, even if he would sail as a goose, without taking anything in, registering no feelings, sensations, forget about deep understanding, epiphanies, life changing determination, it still feels like the results are not satisfying and the test of resilience has not been passed, for the mix of challenges and curses have still turned me off… You find The Tropic of Cancer on The Modern Library 100 Best Novels List.

Mencken, Samuel Beckett and other luminaries considered it 'a momentous event in the history of modern writing…a really excellent piece of work’ 8 out of 10 for the joker who signs this note, while George Orwell, H.L.

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