Books

[Heikki Raudaskoski]

I finally read Stone Junction. It does suck.

On Thu, 6 Sep 2012, rich wrote:

> ive found most not all but most of Pynh's recommendations suck
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:00 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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?
> >> >
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