Catching up...

[April Phillips]

I'm so glad to hear you say that about DeLillo's characters.  "Affected" is 
the best description I can think of.  I agree that he is a master at the 
craft of prose, but craft alone can only go so far.  Readers must be able to 
care about, and believe in, the characters.  I think his books belong in the 
category of "literature you have to pretend to enjoy to keep your membership 
in the Dateless Intellectuals club."

I used to think Ulysses fit into that category as well, but as of recent 
discourse, I've learned that I need merely spend more time in Dublin pubs to 
understand the characters behind the masterful prose.  Actually, I always 
suspected that was the case.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Great Quail" <quail at libyrinth.com>
To: "The Whole Sick Crew" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:02 PM
Subject: Catching up...


> Sex, drugs and rock and roll... Isn't that just an update on "Wine, women,
> and song?"
>
> The guys who made the "Journey into the mind of p." film were Germans of
> Italian descent.
>
> Not that I would argue with Bloom's quartet, but I cannot stand DeLillo. I
> think his sentences are wonderfully constructed and such, but I hate every
> one of his characters. I have tried and tried to read his books, but I
> always get so frustrated at the way his characters speak, it's just so
> affected and annoying....
>
> --Quail
>
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