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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