another reason to dislike Banville

[jd]

Malign, I think you have a point re: comic story writer, which might
be why his persona gets to me.  It's my fault for going to see the
guy, I wouldn't have ever realized it just from reading him, and I
suppose that's the important part.  But still.  Bleah.

On 8/21/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
> << Water Music was pretty inspired but he peaked with his next: Budding
>  Prospects.  I can't help but think that P. read and enjoyed it, sort of a
> precurssor to some of the Vineland novel. >>
>
> I liked Budding Prospects as well.  I like Boyle generally; he makes me
> laugh.  but I think of him first as a comic story writer, not a novelist.
>
> <<Still T.C. Boyle, in my view, is a minor satellite in the universe of
> contemporary American literature.>>
>
> Minor, but perhaps lasting.  Like Perelman or Ring Lardner.
>