The Road. NBA winner? Pulitzer? Nobel?!

[Henry Winkler]

The Road was absolutely awesome. Much better than No Country for Old Men. Very moving. Doesn't rise to the celestial highs of Blood Meridian, Suttree, or even All the Pretty Horses, but it's among Mayor McC's best. By the way, how come Michiko K. didn't review a major book like The Road?  
   
  I've also been reading Richard Ford's new Frank Bascombe novel Lay of the Land and so far (by chapter 3) it's excellent.
   
  Ruggles appears to have stiff competition for the NBA and Pulitzer this year. He'd better resurrect Slothrop and Mucho Maas for some cameos in ATD.
   
  Oh, and JG Ballard has a new book out in England named Kingdom Come. M. John Harrison panned it, but it's typical Ballard, not dissimilar to some of the Master's best, High Rise, Crash, Unltd Dream Co. 

 		
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