Bus Driver Drunk Suicide

[Kim L. Serkes]

>Well, I'm 150 pgs into Marguerite Young's _Miss Macintosh, My Darling_
>and what I can make out of the highly poetic, convoluted language is that
>4 characters are being driven across the bleak American countryside by a
>busdriver who is drunk and very suicidal.  Includes opium addiction, a
>Christian hang man named Mr. Weed, a militant horsewoman, balloonist,
>mountain climbing militant feminist, a Titus Bonebreaker of Chicago,
>self-styled wildman of God dreaming of a heavenly crown.  Published in
>'65.  Great read by the way.

I agree that it's a great read. KPFA read some of it, years ago, on the
"Morning Reading," (a sad casualty of the NPRification of Pacifica.)

Ann Tyler, an inane hysteric equalled only by the comic strip "Cathy,"
slammed "Macintosh" in her "Accidental Tourist." Her protagonist lugs
"Macintosh" as a defense against talkative seat-mates.

I can't swear that anyone who loves Pynchon will love this book, but it's
worth a trip to the liberry.



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