Bellow

[jd]

I will chime in to say that I recently read The Actual and it was a
far, far cry from Mr. Sammler's Planet which I enjoyed thoroughly.

On 7/25/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
> << Polite as ever!>>
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> Sorry to offend your sensibilities with .. a curse word.
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> <<...  I doubt you've read any of these.
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>  Nah, I could never be as wise or well-read as you. In fact I haven't
> actually read Herzog or Humboldt's Gift either, I just looked on Amazon to see which
> Bellow books get 5 star reviews. >>
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> Perhaps you did just that, or maybe you actually read the books, but you made
> a categorical dismissal of what--a half dozen books--that is way off base,
> and repeated about Bellow a pat criticism--that he's a conservative, which he
> may or may not be--based on his affiliation with the University of Chicago, but
> which doesn't color his fiction.  So, yes, I suspect you didn't read the books.
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