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I think McCarthy also tends to have some of his characters think on a higher level than what they would be expected to. Like Darl in AILD.

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check out Portraits on Adelphi. great music.

I didn't realize Absalom had such a nasty rep. It's too bad. But I admit when I vision it, I always think it's like 600 pages or so. It's half that. It's probably one of the "easier" ones to read out from that time period of his work since the reader is led on with the juicy "gossip" that Quenten is hearing. Poor son of a bitch. I know he says something along the lines of being older at his age then most people who are dead. I think it was Cormac that you turned me onto. All The Pretty Horses is in Paul B's hands right now. I doubt he has read it since I leant it to him a few years ago...... And I guess I am the only one who feels a primer that spells everything out would be counterproductive. Like having a primer for Cecil Taylor. These things can sometimes take repeated visits. I will say that if one person decides to dive into some Billy because of this thread then everything would have been worthwhile. Spotted Horses, baby

The Priesters are great especially Love, Love. I tried selling a copy at the BN BBS for around $10 including shipping and was met with silence. Turned over $25 or so on e-bay after I took it down from the BN BBS due it not selling for over a month.

I give you mucho credit for helping me through but when was it that you turned me on to Faulkner? I'll jog your memory. I was already reading A Light In August(and had already read Absalolm and AILD) and you found that out and maybe that's why you seem to recall turning me on? Gotta give props for the WF & Southern History rec though!!

Actually, it's Quentin! :) I'll find the sites but there is some asshole that says the book sucks because of the confusing dual use of names for Quentin and Maury. He also lists other reasons and they are all lame. His fav. hemingway is the Old Man And The Sea and he hates The Sun Also Rises. ok so I entered a title like it told me to

The 1940 set has credits that say "Recordings from the collection of Granville Hurley, John Callanan, Dennette Harrod, Donald McCathran, Jerry Valburn, Ed Wason, Ted Shell and Jack Towers." Master Tapes prepared by Jack Towers Re: new cd's By all means, check out them out. I agree that the music transcends everything else. If you ain't dancing after the first 10 seconds, see a shrink.

and while I am at it, I guess good books are like jazz nowadays. Those who enjoy both are steadily decreasing in number. Hell, I don't think anyone I work with reads by choice.

Yes, key points was a bit of exaggeration but make them work for it!!! If you end up whimping out because you can't figure out who the hell Quintin is you'll end up like those guys with websites that have pages dedicated to the top 100 books.

Good point. I guess a lot of folks are introduced to him with The Sound And The Fury and tend to think of him as obscure unless they really work at it. But Faulkner was a rascal at heart and there is humor throughout his work. How about Shingles For The Lord? That's pure comedy. "We crossed the street toward home. And do you know what I thought? I thought It hasn't even changed. Because it should have. It should have been changed of itself, but that I, bringing back to it what...must have changed in me, should have altered it." William Faulkner The Reivers

I dig Aruba as well. Nice little number on Kenny Barron/Ted Dunbar In Tandem.

Faulkner was able to smooth things over and Hemingway actually wrote him a very friendly letter and stated that he would love to correspond with Faulkner. Faulkner never wrote back. I highly recommend Joseph Blotner's bio on Faulkner. I recently finished the paperback one volume edition. The two volume hardback set is kind of too much for me right now but I think I'll tackle it in the near future.

That script work by Faulkner made him "the man" at the studio. But by the time the film was finished, most of his work was watered down. Faulkner once called Hemingway a coward for always writing only what he knew would absolutely work ie not experimenting. It wasn't supposed to be made public because it was told to a college class but Faulkner didn't realize that everything he was saying was being taking down for an article.

and in the early days, screwed........... But then again, he pretty much drank his way through life.

He hated it. We can only wish that his books would have sold enough to where he would have never had to pimp himself out for $250 a week after he already written some of the greatest works ever. Faulkner on Hollywood: "This is a place that lacks ideas. In Europe they asked me, what did I think? Out here they ask, Where did you get that hat?"

IMO, one should have to figure out the dual names thing on their own. It will make it that much more rewarding. It's true that Faulkner constantly dealt with racism and social standing in the south, but luckily for those of us that are enthralled with his work, there is so much more especially with The Sound And The Fury. His short stories alone can hold up to most full length novels of today. One of the great things about Absalom, Absalom is how Faulkner holds the reader in suspense and feeds him little bits of information that forces one to continue. "For all his concern with the South, Faulkner was actually seeking out the nature of man. Thus we must turn to him for that continuity of moral purpose which made for the greatness of our classics. " -- Ralph Ellison

Pay Pal is being hit the same way. I got one last night. Traced the IP to Puerto Rico. Both e-bay and Pay Pal can be sent the information. If you use Outlook, get the Message Source Info and cut and paste it into an e-mail to send.

Nice giving key points of the book away!! Remind me not to read a thread on books or movies where you post!!

FWIW, it's Benjy.

$250? This is one set that almost always goes for the original price of $180 when it is listed on e-bay. Sometimes for less. It is a fantastic set IMO. The sound is wonderful, much better than the cd set.

Great set and I guess I am opposite Mr.Christmas as I don't hear any frivolous exercises. Like an experimental passage in a novel, sometimes one must go back and listen to fully grasp the proceedings.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...5&category=2028 Sometimes the talk of vinyl makes people think big money, in this case it's a big savings. And the sound is superior to the new cd reissues. There are more volumes done by the Smithsonian folks that I can say are worth the search. Especially the Dizzy, John Kirby, Fletcher Henderson, Teddy Wilson and all the Dukes.

The record with Ivery is very nice. I found it in the $1 bin at Dynamite Records in Northampton, MA.

Does that come with a warning for people with children and curious animals?