Have bookstore gift certificate ...

[David Payne]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 (12:49:37 -0600), Dave Monroe (against.the.dave at gmail.com) wrote:

>The Bolano novel is a frontrunner, but I can get one
> cheaply enough without involving any shipping, so ...

2666 is next on my to-read list. I'm in the middle of 100 Years of Solitude right now.

Since the library is so easy, I'm stingy about what I own: reference works; short stories (good for a quick re-read); and stuff too durned long for a library check-out (a.k.a., Pynchon).
 
My imaginary gift certificate would purchase:

* Borges

* The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm (Norton Critical Editions) (Jack Zipes, ed.)

* Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow by Zak Smith

* Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms
 
* Barthelme
 
And there's also the Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, now available on CD...
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