In Quest of the Tristero

[Mark Kohut]

Almost surely not, I think..................................I know something of Gary's life and
  work.........................reasons would take a while...........................................
   
  He is, perhaps, most interesting for how he broke out of 'being famous' mold much later
  in his career than this........................................
   
  Briefly: he had some genuine talent, manifested in early work.......got lionized in France
  and also knew that his ensconced successful new life---married famous as well---suffocated
  the sources of his talent...................................So,
   
  he successfully published secretly as an uneducated "foreigner"...............................
  Pynchon would like that and would be too nice a guy to say "I told you so",............
   
  mark
   
  

Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
  On 4/4/08, Dave Monroe wrote:
> http://www.newvortex.de/lot49_tristero/text3.htm
>
> http://www.newvortex.de/lot49_tristero/notes2.htm
>

I had read this before but on rereading I wondered who Romain Gary was.
Apparently he was a pretty burly writer himself who won the Goncourt twice.
He wrote the screenplay for "The Longest Day"

I was wondering if he maybe were a covert friend
and wrote his objection to draw attention to both of their works?


       
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