GRGR (6): Darlene and other British delicacies

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Tue Jul 13 10:40:27 CDT 1999



On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Terrance F. Flaherty wrote:

> The entire book strikes me as comic relief--mindless, though mindful
> pleasure. One can take any section of GR and read it on a train as a short
> story just for the fun of it, and laugh and laugh all the way home. 

This seems oddly true. It's another matter however to hold it all
together as a novel. THAT takes real concentration.

			P.




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