Talk:You Can't Go Home Again

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An older version uses wording that implies that the book was created by being separated from a larger, published volume. In using the term "manuscript" the current version implies that this book was taken from the dead writers' files of unfinished work. 66.41.66.213 03:41, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

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In "Grosse Pointe Blank" (film), the protagonist played by John Cusack, is dismayed to find that, upon returning home after 10 years, his childhood home has been demolished and replaced by an Ultimart convenience store. While in the store he says, "You can't go home again, but you can shop there." I don't know if I can add this to the article because it's original research, do I (or someone) need to find it in print somewhere else first? 96.233.178.83 (talk) 11:54, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

This only seems appropriate to include if there's a citation somewhere that the quote was drawn directly from the book -- as this article points out, it's become a stock idiom in US English, so unless there's a truly notable example of it in other works, there's not really any point in listing everywhere the phrase appears. SarahTheEntwife (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Critical reception

I've added some sources and additional critique; this could be expanded considerably, but could use a literature expert to really do justice to it. SarahTheEntwife (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Racism

Although I'm not qualified to write it, I feel like this needs a section devoted to the casual racism so abundant in the book. He uses the "n-word" liberally, and reduces Jews, Asians, and Italians to degrading stereotypes.74.196.122.198 (talk) 20:27, 13 February 2020 (UTC)