NP - Living Like Kerouac

[John Bailey]

Glamorama's probably his best. I was disappointed by Lunar Park - boring
critique of suburbia and empty consumerism that's been done better by
DeLillo and Ballard, mashed up with a sub-Stephen King horror plot that
seems deliberately undercooked.

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:13 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've never read anything by him, but the movies of Less Than Zero and
> American Psycho were both great.  Seems like I should try out the new
> one?  Or go back to one of the earlier ones?
>
> David Morris
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > His Bennington writing teacher, Joe McGinnis, got him to his first
> publisher.
> > Only 7,000 Less Than Zero advanced but MOST of it in an Illinois
> wholesaler's warehouse.
> >
> > Then raves (first in WSJ) ...then "How awful', then bestsellerdom.
>
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