Umbrella by will self

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 14:41:20 CST 2013


I've not read anything by this author either; I enjoy diffuclt books
and I am also interested in madness. Reading it now. I have the
hardcover book.

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net> wrote:
> On 2/26/2013 5:53 PM, malignd at aol.com wrote:
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> For what it's worth, the reviews I've read said "not easy, but worth it."
> Also, for what it's worth, I've always found this guy overrated.  Have you
> read him before?
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> No, I never have.  I hadn't read a  "difficult" book in years and wondered
> if I still could.  The review in the Times was tempting. Mental illness
> interests me.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
> To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Sent: Mon, Feb 25, 2013 9:25 pm
> Subject: Re: Umbrella by will self
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> According to Kindle I'm six percent through already.  Not an easy read
> but it might be worth the effort.
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> On 2/25/2013 6:13 PM, alice wellintown wrote:
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