The Music Never Stopped. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Last Hippie
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The Last Hippie
Oliver Sacks, 1995
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Jim Kohlberg, 2011

This is the story of a father, Henry, who faces a challenging task of reconnecting with his estranged son, Gabriel, following a brain tumor that impairs Gabriel’s ability to create new memories. As Gabriel clings to his old beliefs and interests, causing further distance between them, Henry embarks on a journey to embrace his son’s choices and attempts to bridge the gap by using the power of music.


Thumbsucker. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Thumbsucker
Walter Kirn, 1999
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Mike Mills, 2005

Justin Cobb is a shy 17-year-old teenager who still sucks his thumb. Realizing it’s totally disrupting his home, love and school love life, he allows his orthodontist to break him of the habit through hypnosis. Justin begins to experiment with prescription drugs, pot and sex as alternate means to overcome his anxieties and become normal, never realizing normal is just a state of mind.


Fast Food Nation. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 2001 book, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Eric Schlosser, 2001
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Richard Linklater, 2006

Don Anderson is the Mickey’s hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the Big One, its most popular menu item. When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat, he travels to the fictitious town of Cody, Colorado to determine if the local Uni-Globe meatpacking processing plant, Mickey’s main meat supplier, is guilty of sloppy production.


The Informers. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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The Informers
Bret Easton Ellis, 1994
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Gregor Jordan, 2008

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.