Lightly Pigmented Regicide

[Joe Allonby]

Thanks. Just picked it up. The intro is pretty sad. Seems like
somebody really made it a labor of love to edit this and get it out.


On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
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>>> 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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