NPR's best reads of 2013

[Ian Livingston]

Looks like we are aflame with mediocrity. Not being included on this
list makes BE all the more attractive to me. I look forward to my
chance to read it.

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:37 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> A pretty underwhelming list, even if you filter out all but the staff
> recommendations. Though I've heard the Lawrence of Arabia book is great.
>
> LK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: malignd at aol.com
> Sent: Dec 12, 2013 6:06 PM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: NPR's best reads of 2013
>
>
> Who picked this shit?  There's a lot of stuff on this list that has no
> chance of being any good
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kelber <kelber at mindspring.com>
> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 5:14 pm
> Subject: NPR's best reads of 2013
>
> A notable absence. I've broadcast my disappoint with BE, but I still think
> it
> belongs on any list of notable books for 2013. It's Pynchon, for
> (whatever's)
> sake, and ought to be read and discussed, at the very least. Not clear if
> everyone over at NPR read and disliked it, or if they didn't bother.
> Pynchon's
> least good book (in my apparently minority opinion, anyway)still merits at
> least
> an honorable mention on any best of 2013 list.
>
> http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2013/#/_
>
> Laura
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