critic, writer John Freeman has a different fave GR quote

[rich]

On 10/23/09, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Books on your nightstand:
> William Trevor's Love and Summer. British novelists seem to be rediscovering
> the '50s lately. First Ian McEwan with On Chesil Beach, and earlier this
> year Colm Toíbín with Brooklyn. I guess repression gives desire the
> necessary restraint to turn into longing, right? Anyway, now Trevor is
> resurrecting the period with the story of a woman who has to reconsider
> everything she knows for a passion that overtakes her. I watched soaps with
> my mother growing up, so I love melodrama.
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Alot of Trevor's writing is about repressed desire, an Irish
specialty. I'd add Benjamin Black's detective books (written by John
Banville) about Ireland in the 50s. when I'm in the mood I love this
stuff (Trevor that is)--these women are alot more interesting than any
Sean South and his merry band of lunatics

rich