read and going to read

[Ghetta Life]

>From: Malignd <malignd at yahoo.com>
>
><<I'm never that spooked out by DFW like Delillo or Pynchon. He's like 
>Gaddis, more of a satirist, though, IMHO, DFW doesn't have the skill at 
>making coherent structures to his novels (IJ is like Beckett--some gold 
>nuggets but lots of fruitless prospectin).>>
>
>Pretty much agree.  Read IJ, skip the rest.
>
>But Beckett fruitless prospecting??  Gees, man.

I recently picked up Watt, and put it down after about a week.  I'd read the 
"trilogy" previously, which I *loved*, but Watt seems like a preliminary 
(and somewhat tedious) stab at the same "subject" matter.  I'd advise anyone 
to go straight to the trilogy and skip the rest (but I'll probably pick up 
Watt again).

Ghetta

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