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jsherry's "Recommended Reading List for the Well Educated Adult"
Go Ask Alice by A. Forger — 3 years ago
This seventies precautionary tale of the dangers of drug abuse has been become widely believed to be a forgery. It was not written by a teenage drug-user, discovered by grieving parents, and published posthumously. Here’s a link to a decent write-up by Snopes:
http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.asp
Given its fallacious nature, should it really be included on a list of great works?
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Good question. It was on a list from my twelfth grade english teacher (good teacher, too) gave us back in high school and while I lost the list I tried my best to recreate it.
In regards to the book itself…I consider it fiction, but still worthwhile. I think of the conceit of the book to be nothing more than a literary device.
EngIIRockz