current and I think complete V-list
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malignd at aol.com
Sat May 15 22:19:58 CDT 2010
Chandler's dreadful. He's embarrassing. If you want to read a book in
that vein read The Maltese Falcon. Hammett writes circles around
Chandler.
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net>
To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sat, May 15, 2010 9:21 am
Subject: current and I think complete V-list
OK This is a list of contenders for SHOWDOWN ON THE P-LIST 2010. Yes
,Yes Yes, Bigger than the blowout in Baghdad, More powerful than a
speeding loco weed hit, Hotter... etc. So Everyone gets 3 votes listed
in order of preference, As in One, Two, Five.
" Er, That's Three sir."
Right, Three. If you happen to be more than one person, I trust you
will divide your literary tastes accordingly.
V
Against the Day-
Raymond Chandler : Farewell My Lovely
Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita
Ishmael Reed, Mumbo Jumbo
Wurlitzer: Nog
Bolano: 2666
Henry Adams: The Education of Henry Adams
Joyce: Ulysses
Heller: Catch 22
Ellison: Invisible Man
Ned Beauman: "Boxer, Beetle"
Charles Portis: Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis: Gringos
Calvino: Invisible Cities
Chesterton: The Man Who was Thursday
Norbert Weiner : Cybernetics
Bellow: The Adventures of Augie March
Nathanael West: Miss Lonelyhearts
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