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cwydro

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24. Yes, he usually treats his female characters well.

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 10:16 AM

Aug 2015

But he doesn't portray the men so well.

The Great Santini was about an abusive father. And there's some other nasty males in that book.

The Lords of Discipline - another great read with a bunch of hateful male characters. He doesn't pull any punches with the men.

That's what I meant really, is that there are lots of books with nasty male characters, so I never thought twice about Nurse Rachet, et. al. in the Cuckoo's Nest. There are horrid folks of both sexes in all books.

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