NP Vollmann's "Europe Central"

[bekah]

At 7:13 AM +0200 6/15/06, Otto wrote:
>"(Mitya to Glikman, with the radio set to maximum blare so that no 
>one could overhear: So Stalin, the Politburo and all the other brass 
>hats are riding down the Volga in a big, you know, steamship, which 
>suddenly, I suppose on account of, er, Trotskyite saboteurs, starts 
>to sink.If it goes down instantly, who will be saved? Come on, Isaak 
>Davidovich, it's easy: The people of the USSR!)"
>--William T. Vollmann, "Europe Central", p. 152
>
>It's a great novel, thanks for the recommendation.


You bet it is.  One of the best I've read in years by anyone.  I 
think it could be a successful group read here.

Bekah