Holly Walsh on BS Johnson
Great Lives
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The Great Benson, the Great B S Johnson
ien mac millon says b s johnson came to his rescue in the late 1960s. He was a restless adolescent who read far too many books, looking for something different. i've never read either of those books, because i don't know how you get hold of them. Because they are as much a book as they are a sort of art or poetry. And bid gimok, don't you think? Well, that's the interesting thing. I think it is gimoky nowadays, but i think in those days, in the sixties, it probably felt quite refreshing and exciting.
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