The Jewel of P-listers' library/DeLillo

[jd]

The opening of Underworld was not bad.  The rest was an abortion.

On 9/20/06, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >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.
>
>
>