Coover

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 27 19:59:47 CST 2002


>From: MalignD at aol.com>
>fqmorris at hotmail.com writes:
>>Like, which of his works you liked best, and maybe why...   And, since 
>>this is the P-list, how you thought he compared to Pynchon (which was also 
>>why I included the quote).
>
>I like The Public Burning best.  I also think it's the novel of his most 
>similar to Pynchon's, similarly rich, dense, audacious, funny, and quite 
>serious.  Every other chapter is narrated by Uncle Sam, every other by 
>Richard Nixon.  The Nixon stuff is truly wonderful, but it's all pretty 
>terrific.  (It's about the Rosenbergs.)  If by "compare" you mean rate 
>them, I'd say The Public Burning is better than V, which is probably the 
>novel of Pynchon's most similar to it.

By "compare" I meant anything you'd like to offer, since I'm without any 
personal reference to Coover.  Generalities were really intended, but 
generalities are so misleading.  I guess in the gutter sense I would ask 
about "flavor," the ultimate sense in the vagaries of taste.

Thank You,
David Morris

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