JSngry Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/19/2023 at 9:08 PM, felser said: They call this a novel, but I'm not sure that it really is. Reads more like history with the names changed to protect against lawsuits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 3 hours ago, mjazzg said: The only Pynchon I've read. Really enjoyed it Same here. Gravity's Rainbow is also very good. Not an original point of view, but it is. Really it is very similar to Mason & Dixon, notwithstanding that it is not written in mock 18th century prose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted September 23, 2023 Report Share Posted September 23, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, mjazzg said: The only Pynchon I've read. Really enjoyed it I think I've read and usually enjoyed everything by Pynchon but it took me a long time to get through M&D because of the language. Edited September 23, 2023 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 6 hours ago, JSngry said: They call this a novel, but I'm not sure that it really is. Reads more like history with the names changed to protect against lawsuits. And some characters are composited. The Phil Spector character is obvious, as is the Berry Gordy character, though the label reads as Vee Jay rather tha Motown in the later parts of the book. Not sure who Mark Donovan is based on, and don't know enough about country music to ID those characters. Book does great job of describing payola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted September 24, 2023 Report Share Posted September 24, 2023 Have you read Hit Men? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jlhoots Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 Stephen King: Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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medjuck Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 2 hours ago, GA Russell said: Is that a first edition? Also, I thought he'd dropped the "Ross" by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted October 2, 2023 Report Share Posted October 2, 2023 3 hours ago, medjuck said: Is that a first edition? Also, I thought he'd dropped the "Ross" by then. Yes, Goodreads says that this is the first edition's cover. The hardback I actually read was a collection of three novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) It's so much fun re-reading these tales of the B. Cool and Lam Detective Agency, and also cool to be reading a very old paperback. Edited October 8, 2023 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted October 8, 2023 Report Share Posted October 8, 2023 Hernan Diaz: Trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ejp626 Posted October 10, 2023 Report Share Posted October 10, 2023 Halfway through Madame Bovary, and I get the sense things aren't going to work out well for her. 🤔 But no more spoilers. 🤐 After this, Angela Carter's Wise Children, her last novel. Then this weekend, I have a very long bus ride to Detroit and back. Then plan is to take Fante's Bandini Quartet. I'll likely finish it on the trip or just after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bluesnik Posted October 12, 2023 Report Share Posted October 12, 2023 On 10/10/2023 at 3:51 AM, ejp626 said: Then plan is to take Fante's Bandini Quartet You won´t be disappointed by it. Specially the first and last novels. I have it too and read it no too long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted October 13, 2023 Report Share Posted October 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Bluesnik said: You won´t be disappointed by it. Specially the first and last novels. I have it too and read it no too long ago. I hope so. I've owned it for over 15 years, and I'm finally going to tackle it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesnik Posted October 14, 2023 Report Share Posted October 14, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 6:18 AM, ejp626 said: I've owned it for over 15 years I also had it for a long time before I read it. On 9/25/2023 at 6:34 PM, BillF said: Now THAT is a cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GA Russell Posted October 17, 2023 Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 (edited) Joe Medjuck, TTK and sgcim might like this. The writing is pretty dry, but the author provides a long list of films that look interesting. Edited October 17, 2023 by GA Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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