I love a train ride. \u00a0It’s a great chance to curl up with a book and lose myself. \u00a0Yesterday my treat was “Franny and Zooey” and at times I almost could not stop myself from laughing out loud. \u00a0Salinger throws out classic lines like a prize fighter, punch after punch. \u00a0Here’s one: \u00a0Franny, a cute college co-ed, is having lunch with her young gentleman, Lane. \u00a0Lane is a real loser, snobbish and self-centered. \u00a0Franny stares at his plate. \u00a0He is eating snails and frog legs. \u00a0Suddenly she blurts out “Eat them snails”. \u00a0Lane, completely oblivious to everything except his own greatness, continues pontificating about his own selfish concerns.<\/p>\n
Skip ahead to the second section and you will be treated to an extended scene in a bathroom where Zooey’s (Franny’s older brother) Mother is an uninvited visitor. \u00a0He entreats, threatens, and begs his mother to get out to no avail. \u00a0 Using biting, hilarious sarcasm, he debates his mother while chain smoking and soaking in tepid bathwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I love a train ride. \u00a0It’s a great chance to curl up with a book and lose myself. \u00a0Yesterday my treat was “Franny and Zooey” and at times I almost could not stop myself from laughing out loud. \u00a0Salinger throws out classic lines like a prize fighter, punch after punch. \u00a0Here’s one: \u00a0Franny, a cute … Continue reading Best places to read a novel – Trains<\/span>