#2 in Canada

[Paul Murphy]

Canadians (at least from my part of the country) reserve their beach  
reading for Mexico or Cuba in the winter ...

in any case, it was a surprise for me to see IV on the Maclean's  
bestseller list, given that the Canadian book retail scene is mostly  
monopolized by one behemoth chain (ChaptersIndigoColes), and that in  
my recent visits to outlets of said chain in downtown Toronto I have  
seen IV displayed well away from the central new release displays (no  
doubt because Penguin won't pay the behemoth for the central display  
privilege).


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> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:27:21 -0700
> From: "Page" <page at quesnelbc.com>
> Subject: Re: #2 in Canada
>
>
> I take umbrage at your silly comments about Canada. There are several
> wonderful beaches in the Vancouver area. As to to beach reading, I  
> would not
> consider any book by OBA as beaching reading. If IV were strictly  
> taken as a
> "beach read," then the reader would necessarily be missing the heart  
> of the
> book. Of course, one might do a quick read on a beach with the  
> intention of
> giving it one's full and uninterrupted concentration. However, that  
> would
> not qualify as a beach read. Canada might not be a great place for  
> wind
> surfing, but the west coast in a marvelous place to sail. Not a  
> stinkpot,
> but a real boat with masts and sails.
>
> However, we agree that the top-heavy bikini women are not particularly
> interesting. Cannot help but think about the long-term effects of  
> gravity.
> And the Great Lakes are great places to sail.
>
>
> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alice wellintown" <alicewellintown at gmail.com>
> To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:19 AM
> Subject: Re: #2 in Canada
>
>
>> Canadians?
>> What do they know about surfing and reading novels at/on the beach?
>> But you have to admire them for making a two out of IV.
>> I once wind-surfed on one of the great lakes; it was a blast. Those
>> lakes ain't called great for nothin; they is big. What, yeah . . .and
>> the bikinis at the rocky shore I was combing were simply the tops.  
>> Not
>> that I was jealous or anything; who wants to be a moooo cow?
>>
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