Cronenberg/Delillo

[John Bailey]

I find that smugness in DeLillo's writing as well - and everything he
writes always seems geared toward getting the novel in question on an
undergrad reading list. Always dealing with the 'hot' cultural studies
topics of the day.

However, contrary to everyone else here I quite enjoyed Cosmopolis.
Probably because the protagonist was such an unlikeable prick that the
narrative voice seemed perfectly appropriate. Even if it was just a
97% fat free version of a Bret Easton Ellis book.

On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 1:22 AM, Tore Rye Andersen<torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> John:
>
>> Heh. Harsh but fair, Tore, as usual. YOu really don't like DeLillo, ha?
>
> Well, harsh, and perhaps just a tiny bit unfair. I generally don't like DeLillo
> - there's something smug about his voice which I find insufferable - but I would
> actually agree with both you and Rich: The two DeLillo books I enjoyed the most (or
> hated the least) were The Names and Libra. And the worst of the lot is definitely
> Cosmopolis. I wonder what Cronenberg can make of it; it may not necessarily be a
> bad movie.
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