Reclusive novelist appears on 'Oprah'

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I want The Road Action Figures to go with my My Dinner with Andre Action 
Figures--and an HO scale Inconvenience Air Ship for Christmas, too.



Ya Sam wrote:

>> In your next incarnation, try enjoying the literature you enjoy 
>> *without*
>> the added spice of knowing how very pure, how very far above the vulgar
>> scrum of commerce, it is. Trust me: it still tastes pretty good.
>>
>
> Can't agree. It is exactly this vulgar scrum of commerce (the Oprah's 
> logo, the bookmark, what next: action figures?) which is 'added 
> spice'. Before that 'The Road' was just a book by Cormac McCarthy. 
> This one, besides being McCarthy's book, is also a commodity of 
> Oprah's empire, and I don't want it. She could have advertised it on 
> her show without 'appropriating' it, the sales would have increased OK.
>
> McCarthy's text tastes good, you're right, but Oprah's packaging is 
> liable to spoil my appetite. I don't think I would buy a sandwich 
> wrapped in toilet paper.
>
> And I am pretty much satisfied with my present incarnation.
>
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