If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and Vollmann, I might like ...

[Keith Davis]

Lookout Cartridge was great. Challenging reading. I'm reading DeLillo's The
Names, and it's also great.


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:01 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> No, I read and recommend "Actress in the House."  The only McElroy I've
> read.  I should read Women and Men, but my novel reading has taken a back
> seat for now.  McElroy is true Modernist, not at all like Pynchon.  He is
> very skilled, but not for a casual reader.
>
>
> On Thursday, May 9, 2013, wrote:
>
>> Both take some perseverance.  Women and Men is probably up your alley;
>> Miss Macintosh?  Good luck with that, although I think David Morris (sorry
>> if I'm wrong, David) read it.  I think it compares with Henry Darger's
>> writing, minus the perversion.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Thu, May 9, 2013 4:33 pm
>> Subject: If I like Pynchon, Theroux (Alexander), Gaddis, Barth, and
>> Vollmann, I might like ...
>>
>>  Just asking the friendly list for recommendations and suggests based on
>> what I like to read as given in the subject line.  I have gotten my paws on
>> (but not yet begun to read) McElroy's *Women and Men*, and Marguerite
>> Young's *Miss MacIntosh, My Darling*.  Any opinions on these two
>> titles?  Thanks!
>>
>


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