Well I just reread Vineland and the news is still bad...

[Henry Winkler]

No matter what people say around here, there is something mighty wrong with
AtD. It's not only the stupid names and the crazy coincidences of characters
re-occurring at odd times in remote places. It's also the Chums of Chance.
And Pugnax. They all sux. 'cept for Stray. She's a hottie.

A. Herbert Fonzarelli


On 6/12/07, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> The new Consumer Pricing School of Literary Criticism.
>
> I agree that GR remains TRP's masterpiece, and that I was initially
> disappointed in ATD.  This group read, so far, even though it occasionally
> founders, has actually helped me appreciate the book more, and I look
> forward to "doing" the whole book this way.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Henry Winkler <rushm0r3 at gmail.com>
>
> There is no enthusiasm for AtD because it is a bad
> >book. 80% off on Amazon means something when Mitch Ablom's new book is
> only
> >40% off. That means Mitch Ablom's book is twice as good as AtD.
>
>
>
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