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The Sun Also Rises - 3 stars

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, where we meet a group of free souls in 1920s Paris. The story follows the flamboyant Brett whom everyone falls in love with only to get nothing back, and the hapless Jake and their so-called friends.

And in brief: They talk, and they drink � they drink a lot. At times I felt like being the only sober ones attending their party. Some of the dialogues were painfully boring; here is an example:

Brett smiled at at Bill. "I say I'm just back. Haven't bathed even. Michael comes in to-night".
"Good. Come on and eat with us, and we'll all go to meet him".
"Must clean myself".
"Oh, rot! Come on."
"Must bathe. He doesn't get in till nine."
"Come and have a drink, then, before you bathe."

Urgh, I am really not that interested in hearing about a discussion about whether you must bathe before you dine. That happened several times in the book!

But I guess that was the point; to show the disillusion and angst of the post-world war 1 generation. And in that regard, I appreciated the book.