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					Originally Posted by Cowperson  Read Hemingway's "A Farewell To Arms." 
 I threw it across the room - seriously - in disgust as I neared the end. . . . . that's how good it was. Also, semi-autobiographical and a great anti-war book.
 
 I've noticed a lot of literature out of the 1920's, 1930's seemed to be like that. Dark. A fatalistic view.
 
 Cowperson
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The 20s were a really weird decade in a lot of ways.  Promiscuity and substance abuse seemed to be pretty widespread and, for the most part, somewhat socially acceptable.