Vineland underrated

Steve Maas tyronemullet at hotmail.com
Thu Sep 25 10:10:14 CDT 2003


To me, much of the first quarter? third? of Vineland is disappointing. The 
dialogue and the writing in general are not up to the writer's par. I think 
it gets better as it goes along. Overall I think VL is an important book in 
what it says about the US under Nixon and Reagan and in what it says about 
the heartbreaking weakness of otherwise good people for Der Fuerher, El 
Duce, Big Daddy-O. And it certainly has its moments of brilliance and 
clarity.
Steve Maas

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