slaggin' Franzen post-Nobel

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on 10/11/02 11:56 AM, The Great Quail at quail at libyrinth.com wrote:

> Murthy writes,
> 
>> Agree. Don't hate me because I have a list of Delillo books I never
>> finished :-). Doesn't mean I don't like Delillo or White Noise, I swear.
> 
> Well, I will be quite vocal about it -- I didn't like "White Noise" at all.
> I found it tedious and tendentious, needlessly neurotic, and populated by
> characters I actively disliked -- especially the children. Of course, there
> were some bright spots -- the character of the wife appealed to me a bit, I
> suppose. I think that "Vineland" says most of the same things "White Noise"
> set out to say, but does so with more creativity, wit, insight and humor. It
> also had an infinitely better cast of characters....
> 
> --Quail
> 
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> The Great Quail, Keeper of the Libyrinth:
> http://www.TheModernWord.com
> 
>I agree on White Noise. It's over-rated and self-consciously serious. Vineland
is much funnier. I really enjoyed Mao II and Libra. Underworld kicked my ass
up and down the street, found me hiding under the porch, and backed me down
the urine stinking alley while battering me with trash can lids. I liked it
a lot. I loved the whole "shot heard 'round the world" thing. I'll stand up
for Delillo.

Hang loose,
Joe