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Anybody who read books during adolescence that they shouldn't have?

I enjoyed "The Collector" by John Fowles, and "Lolita". "Tropic of Cancer" and "Capricorn" were so-so but too lonely and old mannish. Didn't like D.H. Lawrence but my girlfriend did. There's one I'd better not mention here. In my early adolescence I was obsessed by a novel about young, unrequited love which I can't for the life of me remember the title of; there were traces of Great Expectations but it was by a woman and slightly more risque. When I was a first-year student in London my landlady, not much older than myself, enjoyed discussing such things with me. It meant plenty of free drinks, useful for a student. She couldn't understand how such things could be available in Holy Ireland. The English blind spot about Northern Ireland !
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hunkalove · 70-79, M
I read James Bond when I was 12 and those hard-boiled 25-cent paperbacks that usually had a sex scene or two. Now I write them. I tried to check Ulysses out of the library when I was 13 but they wouldn't let me.
alan20 · M
@hunkalove I didn't get very far with Ulysses. Actually a former adult pupil of mine has become a well-known novelist. I hope it's not you !!
Entwistle · 56-60, M
@alan20 I bought a copy of Ulysses recently.
Before reading it i read a review that suggested reading three other books first..in order to be able to make sense of Ulysses itself. Lol.