Change in Author

Now I have gotten about half way through Naked Lunch and wached the movie to help me understand what was going on. I am still completly lost as to what is going on in Naked Lunch. The movie seems to be losely based off the book and more about going over what happened in William Burroughs life at the time. I haven't been able to post any blogs because I honsetly do not understand a thing that I have read except for a portion of the book which was a few chapters about an intense orgy. I didn't want to give up on William Burroughs but this is a battle I cannot win. I decided to change my author on Friday of last week and went to the book store yesterday. I looked around and found John Stienbeck. I really admire his work and found a few books that I would definetly be intersted in. I thought that I would keep him as a fall back author if I couldn't find any others. I looked around some more and found three huge novels by Susan Straight. I read the first few pages and was intrigued, but I reasoned that the books were pretty thick and I don't have much time left. I continued down to check out Alen Ginsberg but on the way stumbled on Jonathon Lethem. The cover of the book caught my attention first. It was called "Cartoons and Men" and was decorated with cartoon characters on the cover. I read the first few pages and was instantly hooked. There was a huge row of his books and I kept picking them up and being hooked by the first few pages. I went home and looked him up and re-read what I had read before and still loved it. Jonathon Lethem grew up in Brooklyn around the 1970's and lived in a poor urban neighborhood. A lot of his writing his based off of how he grew up as a poor white kid in a mostly black neighborhood. It brings in elements such as musical influence and culture which is also an intersting element.