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my boomer father wants to read a book. he never reads , has significant adhd symptoms. suggest some good SHORT books (mostly fiction) that will kindle the aspiration for a /lit/ life in him.

>> No.13083634

Jorge Luis Borges

>> No.13083636

>>13083634
he seems based , gib book reccs if you have any in mind

>> No.13083639

>>13083630
>boomer father
Wow, your dad had kids before he was 12? What's his secret?

>> No.13083657

>>13083636
Collected Fictions

>> No.13083710

>>13083657
thanks
>>13083639
monster energy

>> No.13085096

>>13083630
Huxley (everything is pretty short I guess)
Kafka (same)
Siddharta
DFW (Short interviews with hideous men and the like)

>> No.13085104

get him a book for his adhd

>> No.13085117

>>13083630
The boomers I know can't get enough of Clive Cussler. Get him some Clive Cussler books. Ignore the recommendations so far. An inexperienced reader with attention deficient problems isn't going to like Borges. Get him something fun. John le Carre's spy novels might be a good place to start.

>> No.13085120

Crying of Lot 49 is pretty short

>> No.13085125

>>13083630
if he's a boomer he'll love hemingway. also, fear and loathing in las vegas is a great book. easy to read in an afternoon. thompson's journalistic sentences are pretty short and the pacing is quick so it might hold his attention better

>> No.13085195

>>13083630
Give him a collection of Hemingway short-stories, and make sure he reads The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

>> No.13085222

>>13083630
Asimov, the investigation saga. Short books, crime. Pretty good.

>> No.13085233

>>13083630
damien

>> No.13085492

>>13083630
Space Viking, h beam piper