Misc. p-related

[John Bailey]

If I hadn't read reviews stating that Solar attempts comedy I wouldn't
have realised it from the book itself. Feels like someone relating an
anecdote that they think is a cracker but causes you to drift away
halfway through knowing that this guy is going to keep on until his
damn story is done.

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 5:33 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> mcewan's novels could benefit from some petrol and a match
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> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Thomas Beshear <tbeshear at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> McEwan's novels would benefit from some funny. (I haven't read "Solar" yet,
>> so if it contains some humor, good.)
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Kohut" <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>> To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 7:35 AM
>> Subject: Misc. p-related
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>> Why Ian fails to mention P's books among faves, maybe
>> McEwan has said, "I hate comic novels; it's like being wrestled to the
>> ground and being tickled, being forced to laugh." But the Independent noted
>> he "did concede that the book had extended comic stretches."
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>> flavorpill From Book Tour Sex to his Bandana, our favorite moments of
>> @rollingstone's 5-day-talk with David Foster Wallace: http://su.pr/1p95mM
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>> From that C of L 49 year 1964, when gov't was trusted-- then not.
>> http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36498.html
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