Flicker

william layman wkljd at earthlink.net
Wed Nov 22 21:05:33 CST 2000


Richard --

I read "Flicker" when it first came out and thought it was one of those
truly unusual examples of a "popular" literary novel.  While the ending
bothered me (as I recall it got sort of SF-ish and weird), the set-up was
brilliant.  It evoked that feeling of discovering movies as an art form, and
the character who was a stand in for Pauline Kael was fascinating.  I highly
recommend.  It came out in paper, and maybe you can still find it.

-- Will Layman


 




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