1968 Writers and Editors War Tax Protest

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Tried "Burr" and "Lincoln" years ago and couldn't get through either.  Are they worth a second try?

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: jd <wescac at gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 26, 2006 9:48 AM
>To: 
>Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: 1968 Writers and Editors War Tax Protest
>
>He was a pretty great ass, though.
>
>I hear people put Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer on the same level a
>lot, and pretty much everyone I've known in real life has said they're
>overrated and rather awkward with their wording.  I keep almost
>picking up Executioner's Song, and I know I will one day (especially
>after seeing Cremaster 1 which is about Gary Gilmore's lineage, sort
>of...  Norman Mailer plays Harry Houdini in it - Matthew Barney seems
>to think that there is a good possibility that Houdini was Gilmore's
>grandfather or great grandfather or something, anyways, great movie).
>