Gilligan's Wake

[joeallonby]

OK, you got me. I'll buy it on Friday, partly on the strength of R.R.'s
review.

Joe

on 3/22/04 12:11 PM, The Great Quail at quail at libyrinth.com wrote:

> Me:
>>> Three other books I've recently read that impressed
>>> me are "Gilligan's Wake," by Tom Carson
> 
> MalignD:
>> The premise of this book sounded so dreadful, it's
>> difficult to believe it's actually any good.
> 
> I would have thought the same thing -- and at first, I thought it was a bit
> precious. But after a few dozen pages, I was totally hooked. I also gave it
> to my wife -- a die-hard Saramago fanatic with a very sensitive "PoMo
> bullshit detector"-- and she loved it. (Though to be fair, I should add that
> a friend read it on my recommendation and thought it was simply too much.)
> 
> Our own Richard Romeo wrote a review of the book, which is what prompted me
> to read it:
> 
> http://www.themodernword.com/reviews/gilligans_wake.html
> 
> --Quail
> 
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