Vollmann Reviews Conover

[Thomas Beshear]

Ha! I see he likes the book, though, unlike some of his past assignments for the NYT Sunday review -- I recall him savaging Anthony ("Jarhead") Swofford's first novel.

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  From: rich 
  To: Keith 
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  Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 4:16 PM
  Subject: Re: Vollmann Reviews Conover


  this is rich coming from Vollmann:

  As is usually the case with such assemblages, “The Routes of Man” is uneven in the quality of its parts, its overall coherence incomplete. The weakest chapter, which retails Conover’s longish drive with the Beijing Target Auto Club, is nearly as tedious to read as it must have been for him to experience


  On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:

    "As I read this book, I grew increasingly impressed
    not only with Conover’s bravery and hardihood, which
    he underplays, but, more important, with that quality
    one associates with Steinbeck: heart."
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