Never thought about that, but perhaps you're right. We hear about the empathy with Monk of Rollins, Coltrane and Rouse, but Griffin doesn't get mentioned.
DeLillo's latest. Certainly not an achievement like Underworld, White Noise, Libra or Mao II, but at least I kept reading, which I couldn't say for Falling Man. It's inspired me sufficiently to order up a copy of Point Omega from the public library.