DeLillo

[jd]

How is that book, the new Updike?  Anyone read it yet?

On 6/3/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> i agree tho my favorite is The Names
> and the beginning of underworld
> i respect him alot but feel the culture has caught up with him
> underworld seemed a summing up; the works after that attempts at new
> directions, at least the body artist was. cosmopolis was a total
> mistake--quite forgettable for those who've read all his other stuff.
> notice he's also fathered much being written fiction-wise, at least by white
> american young writers.
> heck, even updike is writing about terrorism. yikes
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> rich
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> On 6/3/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
> > << Can I ask what the fuck is the attraction to DeLillo? Granted, I've
> only
> > read White Noise. >>
> >
> > I like DeLillo and I think he grows on you if you read more than just one
> > book.  I think any one can be dismissed as not great, except, perhaps,
> > Underworld, which was his not-bad attempt to pound out a big one.  But he
> has a style --
> > cool, distancing, analytical -- that's compelling, and each of his books
> > deals with a particular topic --football, Wall Street, terrorism, cults,
> Oswald --
> > that, taken together, gives his work a depth not available in any single
> book.
> >
> > My personal Favorite is Great Jones Street, a preference shared by, to my
> > knowledge, no one.
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