American Book Review 100 Best First Lines from Novels

[rich]

I agree on Picture This--the idea of it is more than the novel can
duplicate.

I actually like Closing Time--I thought it was a real bad idea at the start
to write a sequel to Catch 22 but it's end of the line Coney Island reveries
that connected with me, pbly due to listening to my dad and older relations
about the old days, growing up there in Brooklyn. the priest who makes
water, heavy water that is.  that's funny

rich

On 2/3/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
>
> << It may not have "inspired a generation," but I think that "Something
> Happened" is by far the best thing that Heller ever wrote. >>
>
> It's my favorite too, although I wouldn't necessarily say "by far."  Parts
> of
> Good As Gold are very very funny--the whole Kissinger thing is
> wonderful--and
> I liked the Aristotle/Homer/Rembrandt one as well (Picture This?),
> although
> it's probably more clever and spottily interesting than completely
> successful.
> Catch 22 is what it is, and the play's good too.
>
> God Knows was one-note and the last one, Closing Time, was unreadable.
>
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