Fw: Fwd: Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy

[Joe Allonby]

Pynchonesque revelry...

...justifying the odd title...

Just saying.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:43 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> The reviews I read about "C" are that it is smart, but maybe to the
> point of being precocious.  It's a novel "about" things other that the
> story/plot (like the nature of communication), so "Pynchonesqe" in
> that regard.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/books/review/Egan-t.html
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/31/c-tom-mccarthy-novel-review
>
> http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-09-08/c-by-tom-mccarthy-review/
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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>> Date: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 11:08 AM
>> Subject: Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy
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>> love it.."To offer plot summary, however, is like saying Pynchon's 'The
>> Crying of Lot 49' is just a book about a woman interested in the postal
>> system."
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>> Book review: 'C' by Tom McCarthy
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>> With cryptic and inventive flourish, the author gives an epic account of a
>> precocious boy's journey to adulthood.
>>
>> By Meehan Crist
>> Special to the Los Angeles Times
>>
>> September 12 2010
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>> C
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>> The complete article can be viewed at:
>> http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-tom-mccarthy-20100912,0,6681298.story
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