[lbo-talk] Haaretz - Shooter of Jewish Congresswoman listed 'Mein Kampf' as favorite book

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Mon Jan 10 05:11:47 PST 2011


On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:52:18 -0500 Matthias Wasser <matthias.wasser at gmail.com> writes:
> Other than "Mein Kampf" it sounds like a high school reading list,
> i.e., the
> only literature most Americans will ever be exposed to. I suppose it
> would
> be a cruel joke if he included Salinger.

Well, John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, claimed inspiration from "Catcher in the Rye," so that's already been done.


>
> As an aside, the proportion of the high school canon consisting of
> anti-utopian novels really is astounding.
>
>

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