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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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GovanDUNNY · M
I read all my Uncles Enid Blyton books famous five were better than the secret seven for me.the secret seven books were my mothers books
alan20 · M
@GovanDUNNY Same here actually, when I was about nine to ten. "George" was a bit too boyish for my taste; "Julian" a bit too effeminate. There was something about all those tunnels!
GovanDUNNY · M
@alan20 And with all the lashings of ginger beer none of them will have any teeth left. I think George and Julian will attend pride festivals together.
GovanDUNNY · M
I think Uncle Quentin was a bit iffy as well
alan20 · M
@GovanDUNNY I've forgotten Uncle Quentin.