Delillo and McElroy

[Dave Monroe]

In a friendly chit-chat mood this morning, so ...

--- Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> I remember really  liking Mao II at the time.

Still do.  Ditto White Noise, Libra (give it as a gift
without mentioning just how fictionalized it is and
watch the fun begin; a friend still hasn't forgiven me
for pointing out that Eco's [new novel out soon] The
Name of the Rose wasn't really a "found" manuscript),
Underworld.  Haven't gotten 'round to the rest, though
The Names and End Zone would be next up ...

> Joseph McElroy
>
> Plus

Was republished a few years back, but have had a hell
of a time getting copies past the one I initially
stumbled on.  I have Philip K. Dick fan friends to
pleasantly surprise, so ...
 
> I have a copy of Woman and Men, but haven't found
> the energy yet to read it

Here's where I'll admit defeat as well.  Ditto War and
Peace ...

> And nobody has mentioned one of my favorite Delillo
> novels: "End Zone".

Or should I make that End Zone and then The Names?
 
> By the way, a friend of mine assures me that a new
> McElroy novel will shortly be published, but that he
> has expressly requested that it not be forecast in
> any trade publications such as Publishers Weekly.
> So it will sneak quietly into the bookstores,
> assuming any of them will know enough to order a
> copy or two for the few McElroy readers that are
> out there!

And "out there" they indeed tend to be.  Put me on the
D(istant)E(arly)W(arning)-Line for that one ...

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