The Jewel of P-listers' library/DeLillo

[Tore Rye Andersen]

>From: robinlandseadel at comcast.net
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>, torerye at hotmail.com, 
>pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: RE: The Jewel of P-listers' library/DeLillo
>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:32:53 +0000
>
>DeLillo can adopt a tone of coldness, and that sense of distance can be 
>very off-putting to some. >The opening of "Underworld" is great, a must 
>read. For a short time it was issued seperate from >the rest of the novel, 
>just a  few years back. "Great Jones Street" had my full attention. "White 
> >Noise" was more difficult, but very rewarding and impossibly cold. 
>DeLillo's not for everyone, that's >for sure. But "White Noise" is 
>brilliant, as is "Underworld". Just don't expect a bearhug from DeLillo, 
> >he's not about to put out for you.

I don't expect bearhugs from any authors, not even Pynchon, but a punch in 
the gut or a swift kick in the nuts once in a while would not be amiss. I 
don't know whether DeLillo aims for our guts or our nuts (does he even know 
where they are?), but he's certainly never hit mine.