3 works-in-progress

[Joseph Hutchison]

The last line of the third volume, Bone by Bone, has haunted me ever since I
finished the trilogy: ³this world is painted on a wild fine metal²

Sometimes I feel like I get it and when I do it kind of takes my breath
away. Other times...well...huh?...

Joe H


on 1/8/07 12:52 AM, Chris Broderick at elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com wrote:

> If memory serves (and I, of course, make no
> guarantees), it was a radio interview (ca. 2003?) on
> NPR about his book The Birds of Heaven, which I
> haven't read.  
> 
> The other 2 Watson books (Lost Man's River and Bone by
> Bone) are quite good, and like the first, they share
> with AtD the theme of capitalism (and its discontents)
> invading the frontier.  They all center on the events
> of Killing Mister Watson (I wonder what happens in
> that book...), but that novel is written from the
> perspective of everyone but Watson, the second is from
> the perspective of his grandson, and the third is from
> Watson's POV.  My personal favorite was the second,
> Lost Man's River, but all 3 are good.  I haven't read
> any other of his works, but I was impressed by the
> clarity and depth of his prose.  Still, I find it hard
> to imagine how he'll turn such wonderful and
> individual novels into a single work, but I'll pick it
> up if it actually happens.
> 
> Sorry, but I'm not a researcher or a scholar, just a
> regular schmuck who happens to be a bookworm.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> --- rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> > Hi Chris--
>> > 
>> > do you know where he mentioned this?
>> > 
>> > i liked many bits of killing mr watson--haven't read
>> > the other two
>> > 
>> > rich
>> > 
>> > On 1/7/07, Chris Broderick
>> > <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Rich sez:
>>> > >
>>> > > supposedly Peter Mattheisen is working on a long
>> > novel
>>> > >
>>> > > So I say:
>>> > >
>>> > > I believe it is a rejiggering of his Watson
>> > novels.
>>> > > He mentioned in an interview that he was working
>> > on
>>> > > turning those 3 novels into a single book (which
>> > was,
>>> > > apparently, his original intent.)
>>> > >
>>> > > -Chris
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
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