Not Pynchon (although he is name-checked) but Moore

[Mark Kohut]

That's what I thought which means he has been too busy writing this and
doing other things to know that Obama does read real books. Although no
public record that it is
any of Moore's or his faves. THAT is a wish I'd make. I often wonder how
Obama's 'grace' speech would have been if he had used any of Pynchon on
Grace rather than
M. Robinson's old-fashioned theological notions.

I had forgotten about Bush and
the Very Hungry Caterpillar remark.

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Danny Weltman <danny.weltman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think he's implying that presidents and prime ministers don't read
> books, such that compelling them to read "one book" would be a feat. The
> Very Hungry Caterpillar remark is perhaps a reference to when George W.
> Bush, while running for president the first time, said it was his favorite
> book from his childhood even though it was published when he was in his
> 20s. Or perhaps it's just a joke about how they don't read books aside from
> children's books.
>
> Danny
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> And does anyone want to suggest a meaning to his remark to the question
>> about recommending a book to the Pres??......
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/books/review/alan-moore-by
>> -the-book.html?_r=0
>>
>
>
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