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Drop City
Drop City
Author: T.C. Boyle
It is 1970, and a down-at-the-heels California commune devoted to peace, free love, and the simple life has decided to relocate to the last frontier -- the unforgiving landscape of interior Alaska -- in the ultimate expression of going back to the land. Armed with the spirit of adventure and naïve optimism, the inhabitants of “Drop Ci...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965766227
ISBN-10: 0965766225
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 444
Rating:
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4 stars, based on 15 ratings
Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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tish avatar reviewed Drop City on + 384 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
if you were alive in the hippie days, you will get a laugh and possible flashbacks from this witty book. it grew long in places but is a very good read
reviewed Drop City on + 3 more book reviews
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T. C. Boyle has an intelligent and descriptive writing style and he is a celebrated, award-winning author. Much can be expected of a novel whose author holds these credentials. Drop City one of the best books I've read this year. I liked his narratives and his subject matter. I laughed and smiled the entire way through the book. Parts of the book are hilarious and some are just amusing, but it all adds up to a fun read. Plus, I learned some new words because the language is so complex! I recommend this book to readers who are tired of commercial fiction and love a good literary read.
Eagle1 avatar reviewed Drop City on
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This is only the second T.C. Boyle book that I've read, but both were incredibly fine reads. At first I was put off by some of his creepy characters and sleazy situations, but his fiction comes off as purely authentic and is engrossing.

Drop City has two seemingly unrelated stories working (a la early Tom Clancy), but, as expected, they merged smoothly to create this profound story. The herd of northern California hippies and the hard-scrabble Alaskan end-of-the-roaders eventually learn to co-exist, sort of.

I truly didn't want Drop City to end, it is that good!

George (Eagle1)
shanna71 avatar reviewed Drop City on + 145 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Drop City , so cool. A commune of hippies , set in the 1960's moves from California to Alaska to "live off the land". An odd bunch of misfits, told only by such a story teller as T.C. Boyle. A book I really won't forget reading. Couldn't put it down. However, it is a long book.
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pjmom8025 avatar reviewed Drop City on + 45 more book reviews
I just couldn't get into this story. Too many characters and too much description.


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