(Bytheway///"When I say book I mean novel..." said someone. )

Most people will say "I read books to kill the time..."

But there are writers who think that there is enough '"fast food books" for pleasure on the shelves; they want to call attention to the somber sides of... hm... life?

Two books that can be read on a beach, but are not easy.

SOMETHING HAPENNED by Joseph Heller
Confession of a loser.

EVERYMAN by Philip Roth
About illness, dying and aging.