read and going to read

[Richard Romeo]

I found Chabon's K&C (and Lethem's F of S as well) to be more on the
Stephen King edge of things literary wise--straining to write a big
novel?  It kinds shows--one wishes S King would stop already, too (liar)

I did like Chabon's Wonder Boys and some of his Lovecraft-inspired short
stories

M. Brooklyn was mediocre IMHO of course--

I've ranted enough about the current young crop of writers.

Nuff said

Richard 


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On
Behalf Of Malignd
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 9:58 AM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: Re: read and going to read

<<That said, it compares in some ways to Kavalier and
Clay which I read when it came out. Both are "boys
coming of age" stories set in New York but in
different eras. The culture is important aspect in
both. I enjoyed K&C a lot, too.>>

I'm surprised by the enthusiasm for this book (K&C). 
I read it--a highly recommended gift--and found it
very lame and dreary, when (infrequently) not
altogether preposterous:  the one character a
colorful, soulful refugee/escape artist/master graphic
artist whose American cousin just happens also to be a
graphic artist/comic book enthusiast (as well as a
semi-crippled, closet homosexual ... )

And that's just for starters, just to flog this
ridiculous narrative--haplessly rendered in a
self-pleased, golly-gee prose style--into motion.  

It gets worse.

 



		
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