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The Drifters

James A. Michener

Paperback | Pages: 768 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 6855 Users | 399 Reviews

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Title	:	The Drifters
Author	:	James A. Michener
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 768 pages
Published	:	October 12th 1986 by Fawcett Books (first published 1971)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Travel. Novels. Adventure. Classics

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In his triumphant best seller, James Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of six young runaways adrift in a world they have created out of dreams, drugs, and dedication to pleasure. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the dark center of their private world, whether it's in Spain, Marrakech, or Mozambique, and exposes the naked nerve ends with shocking candor and infinite compassion.
"A superior, picaresque novel...and a revealing mirror held up to contemporary society."
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Original Title:	The Drifters
ISBN:	0449213536 (ISBN13: 9780449213537)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America

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Ratings: 4.04 From 6855 Users | 399 Reviews

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I first read this book when I was probably a college freshman, and remember how much I enjoyed it. How I wish I could have talked with my former self to see why I found it so memorable. The second time around I was struck by how ridiculous the narrator sounded, and how cartoonish the other characters were.

I really enjoyed this book by James A Michener, as I have enjoyed everything else he has written. He has a way of writing that just drags you into a story and keeps you hooked there. They are always very well researched, you get the feeling he is confident in all aspects of his story.six young people from different parts of the world Britta, from dark brooding Norway, Joe from America, Yigal from Isreal, Cato from America , Monica from Englad and Gretchen from America, all their own individual

- Kids today! I wonder if the 70s won't be even worse than than the 60s. Honestly, you don't know what to think, dropping out of school, letting their hair grow, rock and roll music, free love, drugs...- Another martini?- Oh, why not! Thank you. As I was saying, I don't understand young people any more, as they would say, I just don't "get" them...- Have you read the new James Mitchener? The Drifters?- No?- You should take a look at it, he'll answer your questions. Great piece of work. A bit

Whilst the first half of the book starts off strongly, introducing each of the six young people to whom the narrator has some link, the second half of the book becomes more about place; especially history and description of place. I found it annoying that the last half of the book completely dropped the bundle when it came to characterisation. In the first six chapters, you have these long, beautifully drawn characters, each with their own inner turmoil which they 'drift' out of mainstream

Yes, I still have the book I started in 1973. Guess what? I'm in the age bracket of the subjects in this book and I was living in Europe, a semi-student and hard worker. I traveled a lot as a race car mechanic, driving day and night. This book was written by an old man who wrote about young people like an old man. The characters are very fictional because he knew so little about them and the post-war generation in Europe. This is NOT what it was like. Yes, there were drugs and sex and rock and

This is the kind of book that some people will love and some people will abandon after forty pages. I just happen to belong to the former category. I think what's so brilliant about it is actually the same thing that a lot of less enthusiastic reviewers have expressed their distaste for: namely, that it's a story about six young people coming of age in a volatile decade narrated by a sixty-year-old man. It could be easy to get hung up on Mr. Fairbanks' old-fashioned prejudices, but I think the

I read this book for the first time in the late 70's as a teenager. This time it's many years later and I am middle aged. How I wish that I could sit down and have a book club meeting with the teenage me!Some parts of the book seem almost comical seen at this distance. For example, some of the conversations sound like a cliche. "Like wow!" It's hard to remember or to believe that people used to speak this way. (Just wait until we look back on the late 80's and early 90's and the valley girls!)In