NP - Franzen

[Will Layman]

Definitely NP, here, but I think K&C was boffo fantastic stuff.   
Smart, engaging, -- the kind of book that creates its own world  
within a history we all already know and makes you believe in it.

Chabon, I think, is the kind of popular writer who there should be  
more of on the bestseller lists.  He's easy to read but he's no  
panderer -- and his stories carry you as much as the writing.  He's a  
relief from the self-consciously GREAT writers who don't let you have  
that FUN Henry was talking about earlier today.

w

On Oct 9, 2006, at 3:19 PM, Ya Sam wrote:

>  He's more a Michael
>>  Chabon kind of writer, perhaps, though less self-satisfied and  
>> clever.
>>
>> -- Will
>>
> Was 'Kavalier & Clay' any good?
>
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