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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:25 PM
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Name a story with an unnamed protagonist
My first choice? Green Eggs and Ham

Second Choice? The Road

Third? To Build a Fire


Yours?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:26 PM
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1. My dear Orrex...
The Virginian
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:30 PM
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2. Nice!
:hi:

Add to that a few of Eastwood's spaghetti westerns, then!
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:33 PM
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3. Mmh..I 'm not sure I understand...
A purple muffin in the snow.:silly:
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:43 PM
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4. Here's a movie for you
Duel



The man chasing Dennis Weaver is never identified.
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-07-07 11:47 PM
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5. An Appointment in Samarra
Maugham's and not that other guy's.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 12:24 AM
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6. Rebecca....
In the movie the main character is never named. I believe it's the same in the book (I haven't read it).
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 10:04 AM
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12. Yes - I read that book and that bugged the hell out of me, for some reason.
:shrug: It was a good book, though.
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:24 PM
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15. that was the point of the book actually
Apparently she took a bet that she couldn't get through a novel without revealing the protagonist's first name.
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Cabcere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 02:18 PM
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16. Very interesting - I never knew that.
:hi: Thanks for the info!
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:26 AM
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7. Pelican Blood
and Fight Club.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 02:14 AM
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8. Beat me to it, I was 'bout to say Fight Club too.
Although I'm not sure he's really 'unnamed'... he had several. :) We just don't know what his name actually was.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 04:35 AM
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9. "Bartleby the Scribner" and "Bright Lights, Big City."
Edited on Sat Sep-08-07 04:36 AM by BlueIris
I hate Bartleby. But BLBC is one of my favorite novels.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 08:02 AM
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10. Does Miller ever name the protaganist in "Tropic of Cancer?"
Obviously it's him, but does he ever name him?
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 09:42 AM
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11. Dashiell Hammett's "Red Harvest" and other works featuring the Continental Op
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:08 PM
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13. Sounder. n/t
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 01:10 PM
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14. Invisible Man (n/t)
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-08-07 02:28 PM
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17. All Gold Canyon by Jack London
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