Lists of Books One Should Read Before Dying always seem kind of ridiculous, especially when they are assembled by panels of experts. This one isn't so bad, though, because it's deliberately personal and non-authoritative. Also, this was supposed to be funny - "ha-ha, don't worry, no one's ever actually finished it" - but unless I'm halluncinating he did read it, and claims it gave him a "code to the human heart".

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Lists of Books One Should Read Before Dying always seem kind of ridiculous, especially when they are assembled by panels of experts. This one isn't so bad, though, because it's deliberately personal and non-authoritative. Also, this was supposed to be funny - "ha-ha, don't worry, no one's ever actually finished it" - but unless I'm halluncinating he did read it, and claims it gave him a "code to the human heart".

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