Books

[Keith Davis]

Took a detour to the "Pynchon Book Blurb" list, and now it's "Nog," by
Rudolph Wurlitzer. In one of those fits of OCD online shopping, I acquired
almost every book on that list, and may eventually get to all of them.

Several people, not only on the Plist, have recommended Barbara Kingsolver,
so she's a contender.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 9:39 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Joy williams reminds me alot of Delillo--a master at the level of the
> sentence but plots? structure? forget it. its all magic and dread
> which is not all a bad thing either
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:11 PM,  <malignd at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > About half way through Breaking and Entering.  She has great talent,
> > sentence by sentence, very funny.  But I'm beginning to flag from lack of
> > structure.  Where are you?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com>
> > To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 11:20 am
> > Subject: Books
> >
> > After finishing M & D a couple weeks ago, I decided to read some shorter
> > stuff.
> >
> > The Quiet American by Graham Greene, I'm sure many of you have read. Saw
> the
> > movie with Michael Caine and Tarzan (never
> > can remember that guy's name) last year, and didn't realize it came from
> > this book. Great read.
> >
> > The Long Fall by Walter Moseley. Detective fiction. Good page turner.
> I'll
> > read more of his stuff.
> >
> > Breaking and Entering by Joy Williams. Anyone familiar with her? Kind of
> > strange and dark, but good.
> >
> > Slowly reading a book of short stories by Hughes Rudd, because I don't
> want
> > it to end. Really dark and twisted and excellent.
> >
> > Then some Borges and Hunter S. Thompson thrown in.
> >
> > Ascension by Eric Nisenson, about the music of John Coltrane.
> >
> > Next? Conrad, "The Secret Agent", Alison Lurie, Barbara
> > Kingsolver....suggestions?
> >
> > --
> > www.innergroovemusic.com
>



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