Whatever Gets You Through the Night

[Joseph Tracy]

Continuing to savor every page of Codrescu' s new book.  The footnotes are poetry wrapped in lit crit warped in informative digression filled with humor and philosophical wanderings.  The body of the story is much the same with intriguing ins and outs, forwards and backs, ups and downs, time and eternity dancing and spinning yarns.
On Nov 17, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Elaine M.M. Bell wrote:

> And if there's anyone out there who has not read (or heard Codrescu read) his chilling treatment of the Elizabeth Bathory story, The Blood Countess, do yourself a favor in the Transylvanian gloom of November and  enjoy what I promise will be a memorable literary experience.
> 
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
> I'm reading Andrei Codrescu's reworking of the1001 Arabian nights, Whatever Gets You Through the Night. It really is a delightful read with a treasury of  em bed ed post'modern commentary.  Sexy, funny, with a hidden dagger and the  soul stirring energy of a  poetic tender hearted wise-ass invading the deep mythos.   This is the first non-Pynchon fiction that I have read in years that I think would be widely enjoyed by the list as a group read.  Hoping someone will try it and render a second opinion. Is there a doctor in the house?
> 
> Tom Robbins said, Like a supercomputer concealed inside an exotic aphrodisiac fruit, Codrescu's retelling of this ancient bawdy wonderwork ends up by surprisingly calculating the future of our race.
> 
> OK , Robbins probably had smoked some strong stuff before writing that, and I am only a third in, but this is indeed some good shit.
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