Heller

[Steve Maas]

RR sez:
>Just wondering--am I the only one who thinks that Heller (kinda like > 
>Gunther Grass) wrote his best book the first time around--didn't > think 
>much of Picture This or the other ones bookended by Closing > Time (which 
>was OK).

I agree completely–Catch 22 is second on my list of important books.  
(Important to me that is–as if anything else really matters to an 
individual.  I don't think I need to tell _this_ group what's first.) 
Heller's other books are, to me, a very mixed bag.  Something Happened, Good 
as Gold, and Closing Time are all good enough I guess. Picture This and the 
one about King David I couldn't even stay interested enough in to finish.  
Noble but failed efforts I guess I'd call ‘em.  I am looking forward to his 
final book.  He, along with Pynchon, Vonnegut, Suess, and maybe a handful of 
other authors I think did or are still doing some good with their work, 
beyond simply entertaining.

     Steve Maas
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