Darkmans

[malignd at aol.com]

 I'm reading this now and there's much to like, but numerous
irritations.? She's too cute by at least a third, for one thing,
those endless, irritating parentheticals.? Also, I don't know
whether to blame her or a shoddy typesetting job, but there are endless
inconsistencies of punctuation, indentation, etc.? If it's her,
she wrote an 800+-page novel with no clue how properly to use a comma,
let alone a semicolon.? Sorry if this sounds pedantic, but at
times it's like reading email.





She reminds me not for a moment of Gaddis and I think Martin Amis sits
heavily on the shoulder of most every young Brit writer.? But
she's smart, inventive, and rarely boring.



 






-----Original Message-----

From: Toby G Levy 

To: pynchon-l at waste.org

Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:26 am

Subject: Darkmans



  
            
I
just finished reading Darkmans by Nicola Barker, one of the Booker
shortlist for 2007.? I am pretty certain that any fan of Pynchon
would really like this book.? to me it came off?like William
Gaddis as channelled through Martin Amis, but your mileage may
vary.? Check out Steven Moore's review:
  
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121902233.html?nav=rss_artsandliving/books
  
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It was the fastest 838 pages I ever read.
  
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Toby

   


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