My Model Books for the Sixties Novel


Content and Style:

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen  (the closest match)

Franny and Zooey (the next closest match)

Easy Travel to Other Planets -


Content only:

Catcher in the Rye

Loose Change - Sara Davidson

The Women's Room - Marilyn French

The Great Gatsby

Doctor Zhivago

Nashville (the movie)



Stye only:

Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson

Another Roadside Attraction - Tom Robbins

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me - Richard Farina

Let the Dog Drive - David Bowman

The Passion - Jeanette Winterson