"Fire the Bastards!"

[Dexter C. Palmer]

	In the introduction to the Penguin edition of *The Recognitions,*
William Gass (not Gaddis) says that "Fire the Bastards" is written under a
pseudonym. Anybody around here know who the culprit is? Could it be Gaddis
(not Gass) himself?

					--Dexter Palmer

On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, EBURNS 351-1-343-2517 wrote:

> Foax:
> 
> anyone who is frustrated by fast, shallow reviews of M&D or any other book
> they really really liked (or wanted to think about critically) needs to
> rush out and buy a copy of "Fire the Bastards!" by Jack Green. "The
> Bastards" are every lazy book reviewer known to man; Green's book in
> question is Wm. Gaddis' THE RECOGNITIONS. Green absolutely blasts the
> fonies, and it is funny, sad and obsessive all at the same time. And best
> of all (for me) it reminds me again and again how good THE RECOGNITIONS is.
> 
> Publisher is The Dalkey Archive, I believe.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
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