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  • Surf's still up; Gidget's still great reading

    05/14/2005 8:41:36 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 6 replies · 653+ views
    Duluth News Tribune ^ | 5/7/05 | DEANNE STILLMAN
    Out of Malibu, Calif., came one of the most influential literary works of modern times. And this spring,48 years after it was published, the whole town is reading it. I refer to the novella "Gidget," which Malibu recently picked for its "One City One Book" program. Laugh if you must, then ask yourself the following questions: Did "The Great Gatsby" change the world? How many people decided to move or quit their jobs after reading "Moby-Dick"? "Gidget," on the other hand, altered the course of American history, drawing legions to California beaches, spawning a lineage of movie and TV spinoffs...