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Pete Najarian: Still Chasing but Not Catching
The Naked & The Nude: A Nonfiction Novel
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Najarian’s books all have great depth. I just re-read the passage
from Naked and the Nude –of Najarian’s first long hitch=hiking into
Mexico…it’s every bit as powerful as Kerouac’s road passages…likewise
Najarian’s pride and evocation of the Armenian experiece reminds me of
Saroyan’s insight into suffering that cannot be wished away. Najarian’s
7 books are of one piece, as was Thomas Wolf’s. Najarian is a major
American writer.