Into The Wild- Jon Krakauer

This is one of the few books I've actually read before seeing the movie. The story of Chris McCandless giving up his life of privilege to become a hobo is fascinating. In some ways I'd like to think I've done the same by coming here, but the life I gave up wasn't quite as privileged and my experience here is not quite as isolated. While I think the author had enough of his own interesting stories and perspectives to share, I was kind of annoyed with all of his interjections. He warns the reader of this in the Author's Note, but still, I would have been perfectly content with Chris's story by itself.