The Tale of Tyrone's dick

John Atchison blicero at linknet.net
Wed Aug 6 13:52:39 CDT 1997


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> I second that enotion. I've never understood why novels like GR that deal
> directly
> with politics have to be written as "realism" to be taken seriously. The
> surreal
> satire is the whole point anyway, isn't it? 


witness Coover's "Public Burning", in my opinion, one of the few novels
which approach (approach but not reach) GR's surrealistic presentation of
historical truth (truth not fact)

John Atchison ||||||||||
blicero at linknet.net

"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from 
the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble"
                     Samuel Johnson




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