Slothrop & Invisible Man (My Two Teeth) For what it's worth

[Jude Bloom]

i was gobsmacked by the Rabbit series, especially the last two (Rabbit is
Rich and Rabbit at Rest), so much so that I tried five other Updike books.
 One after the other, wasn't able to get through more than 100 pages of
each.  I do like Updike's poetry though.



On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:37 AM, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com> wrote:

> > Every time I read a Roth I get intensely annoyed and yet I keep trying.
>
> Really? I haven't read any Roth I didn't enjoy, except of course 'Exit
> Ghost', that was rubbish. But I loved everything else (that I've read).
>
> The one I've found it hard to like is Updike. I loved the Rabbit books, but
> have yet to finish any other Updike.
>
> For my money, though, Saul Bellow has them both beaten in terms of pure raw
> talent. He may have become a curmudgeonly old right-wing misogynist creep in
> later years, but there's no doubting his literary genius. A-and, his sense
> of humour has been, I would say, somewhat overlooked. I'll never forget the
> first time I read 'Humboldt's Gift': that toilet scene near the start is a
> classic.
>
>
>
>
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