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<TITLE>RE: Saul Bellow R.I.P.</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I liked TPAA fine, though the denoument or whatever seemd a bit hasty, ryshed. H'sG is I'm guessing SB's "best" novel, whatever that might mean ...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Ghetta Life</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: monroe@mpm.edu; pynchon-l@waste.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 4/7/2005 1:14 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: Saul Bellow R.I.P.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Just finishing (tonight) Roth's "Plot Against America" and have enjoyed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>(with reservations akin to those in this NYT review:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E4D71539F932A1575AC0A" TARGET="_blank">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E4D71539F932A1575AC0A</A></FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>9629C8B63</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>"The real drama in this book does not concern the Lindbergh presidency</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>or </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>World War II, but rather the effect that these huge, clanging events</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>have on </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>the Roth family and on Philip's boyhood consciousness. The drama lies in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>him </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>watching his frightened but resourceful mother try to keep her family</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>safe </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>in the face of events completely beyond her control, and in watching his</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>furious but determined father try to reconcile his expectations of the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>world </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>with a terrible new reality."</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's a quick read but believability of the political landscape is its</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>main </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>fault.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>And last week I received via mail Bellow's "Humbolt's Gift." Looking </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>forward to that, never having read any Bellow before. And the glowing</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>obits </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>are no small encouragement...</FONT>
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