Lightly Pigmented Regicide

[Paul Mackin]

On 4/17/2011 1:44 PM, Joe Allonby wrote:
> I'm thinking about picking up "Pale King"  this week. As usual,
> reading ahead of the class.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>  wrote:
>> On 4/16/2011 10:51 AM, Joe Allonby wrote:
>>> I have the feeling that once you guys are done Wrecking the
>>> Cognitions, it might be time to have a tilt at Wallace.
Good idea.  Don't think you'll  disappointed.  Pure Wallace.  The main 
theme seems to be sadness.  And boredom. Either of which, like laughter 
in previous novel, can kill you.  This is just a guess because I've 
barely got started. But Wallace makes it both funny and sad, which is 
poignant even if we didn't the author's own sad history.

And one doesn't need to Google various sections of the IRS code to enjoy 
the book.

One other thing.  Wallace seems to be the total opposite of Gaddis in 
terms of irreverence.  W's reverence is what makes his books so 
hilariously funny.  Gaddis does it one way, W another.

P


>> We did have kind of a go at him back when Infinite Jest appeared.  I recall
>> it as fairly interesting.
>>
>> Rich was prominent in it I think.
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