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Outside Looking In
- A Novel
- By: T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 204
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4 out of 5 stars 185
In 1943, LSD is synthesized in Basel. Two decades later, a coterie of grad students at Harvard are gradually drawn into the inner circle of renowned psychologist and psychedelic drug enthusiast Timothy Leary. Fitzhugh Loney, a psychology PhD student, and his wife, Joanie, become entranced by the drug’s possibilities such that their “research” becomes less a matter of clinical trials and academic papers and instead turns into a freewheeling exploration of mind expansion, group dynamics, and communal living.
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5 out of 5 stars
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STORYTELLING AS CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
- By Christopher Meeks on 05-25-19
- Outside Looking In
- A Novel
- By: T. C. Boyle
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
If you like counter culture books, skip this one
Reviewed: 01-04-22
I’m not much of a critic but I feel the need to warn others. I got this audiobook expecting something like drug misadventures of Hunter Thompson, or drunken low lives of Charles Bukowski, heck even a cultish frenzy like Chuck Palahniuk. But this book did not deliver. Not to compare apples to oranges but T. C. Boyle seems to look down upon drug use in a way that just feels obviously condescending. And sure maybe drug use should not be glorified but at least make the journey fun. I felt no connection with any of the characters and I had to crank the audio speed to double just to rush to the end. The dialogue was almost unbearable. It reminded me of the boss from Office Space but not funny at all and it made me want to roll my eyes several times. But if you want to tell someone that you are against their drug use and that anyone who tries LSD will drop out of school and join a boring cult, recommend this one.
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