IJ

[David Casseres]

I think it was the AA stuff -- which seemed to me to be practically
the whole book -- that put me in such a bad mood. Twelve-step programs
are right up there with Scientology on  my list of boring experiences
to read about.  Maybe it's just me.

On 3/16/06, MalignD at aol.com <MalignD at aol.com> wrote:
> << IJ was worth the effort for me, but the short stories in Wallace's "Girl
> with Curious Hair" are really marvelous.   >>
>
> I'm not a big fan of anything else he's written, but I read IJ a number of
> years ago and liked it a lot.  Far better than Broom of the System.  It's easy
> to read a lot of it's funny and not in the arch, ironic, and self-conscious way
> he seeks to be funny in his shorter stuff. And I thought the AA sections were
> particularly good.
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