27th City

[RICHARD ROMEO]

Franzen's novel about St Louie is out in paperback--I only mention it 
because when I was perusing it the first page I opened it to says 
something like:  "what are you paranoid"?.  the receiver of these words 
of wisdom then recites a litany of folks, one of which is: "Do you know 
Thomas Pynchon"?
I read the first 50 pgs in Bonds and Ignoble and wasn't too impressed 
with the underlying story line--the appointment of a Indian police chief. 
 One of the same problems I found with SGE by Ruff--nothing is grounded 
enough in reality to make the extrordinary, extrordinary!
anyway...
Richard Romeo
Coordinator of Cooperating Collections
The Foundation Center-NYC
212-807-2417
rromeo at fdncenter.org