Pynchonesque Rushdie

Will Layman WillLayman at comcast.net
Mon Oct 16 20:35:37 CDT 2006


Nicholson Baker is a fav of mine -- particularly MEZZANINE, but most  
of the rest of it too.  I'm a fan, but the absolute WORST is the  
latest, the book about the guy who wants to shoot Bush.  Aaaaaaack.   
Not good.

w

On Oct 16, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Steven wrote:

> 	I'll try to check it out.  What did you think of Fermata or Vox?   
> U&I I think is his worst, though he seemed to be mimicking the  
> Slade/nutcake relationship of Pale Fire at spots.  I preferred  
> Fermata to Vox.  And his championing of library ref. cards, though  
> poignant at times, was just a bit too weird for me.
> 	
>
>
> On Oct 16, 2006, at 8:55 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> Subsoil was published in The New Yorker (June 27-July 4, 1994, p. 
>> 67-70).  I'm not sure if it's included in his short story  
>> collection.  It's worth tracking down, though.
>




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