DeLillo

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on 2/19/03 10:19 AM, The Great Quail at quail at libyrinth.com wrote:

>> Someone mentioned DeLillo; I haven't asked for fear of faux pas, but,
>> what is the general consensus on his stuff?
> 
> Man....
> 
> I think DeLillo is a fantastic writer in many ways. He is a master at
> constructing sentences, his prose is amazing. Has a lot of useful stuff to
> say. 
> 
> But try as I might, I hate, and I mean *hate* his dialogue. I think it
> sounds forced, pretentious, and grating to the extreme. Especially in "White
> Noise." I want to go through every DeLillo novel and bitch-slap all his
> characters until they shut the fuck up. And "Ratner's Star," too. What can
> you do with a character whose first words are, "My mouth is saying hello?"
> Argh! Kill, kill, kill.
> 
> --Quail

Just an odd observation, but didn't Oliver Stone's JFK seem to lean more on
Libra than the prosecutor's book?

It's that old paranoia thing again.

DeLillo is also relevant to this list because of Mao II. We could slag that
one around for a while.

So what's Bongo-Shaftsbury up to?

Peace
Joe