ejp626 Posted December 18, 2018 Report Posted December 18, 2018 Just finished Updike's Rabbit Redux. Quite a few issues with this book, since it can't quite determine if it wants to be symbolic or realistic (I mean no way does Skeeter just camp out for weeks given he is a wanted man...). I kept thinking that this was basically a literary version of Apocalypse Now (not necessarily a good thing). In any event, I've come this far and would like to complete the Rabbit series, so I launch into Rabbit is Rich next. Very soon I'll get to Krzhizhanovsky's The Letter Killers Club (NYRB), which I expect I'll enjoy a bit more. Quote
paul secor Posted December 18, 2018 Report Posted December 18, 2018 9 hours ago, soulpope said: I wish that I could read (and speak) another language. Ken Singleton, who was a very good ballplayer and who now announces for the Yankees, had a good line during a game last season: What do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. Quote
soulpope Posted December 18, 2018 Report Posted December 18, 2018 3 minutes ago, paul secor said: I wish that I could read (and speak) another language. Ken Singleton, who was a very good ballplayer and who now announces for the Yankees, had a good line during a game last season: What do you call a person who only speaks one language? An American. .... Quote
Bluesnik Posted December 23, 2018 Report Posted December 23, 2018 Actually rereading it because I already read it when it came out ten or nine years ago. But I'm even liking it more this second time. It's very good. And well researched. As all Ted Gioia books. Quote
ejp626 Posted December 25, 2018 Report Posted December 25, 2018 About halfway into Rabbit is Rich. I do like this one a bit better than the first two (esp. Rabbit Redux), but I can't imagine going through this series a second time. I've been slowly making my way through McCarthy's Birds of America. My goal is to wrap this up by Boxing Day. Next non-Updike book will be Krzhizhanovsky's The Letter Killers Club. Quote
jlhoots Posted December 26, 2018 Report Posted December 26, 2018 Jesmyn Ward: Sing Unburied Sing Quote
kinuta Posted December 31, 2018 Report Posted December 31, 2018 2 hours ago, sidewinder said: Read it a few months ago. A good comprehensive account. Visited Hue last year and managed to see most of the places described in the book. Unfortunately driving rain and flooded streets curtailed our enjoyment. Quote
sidewinder Posted December 31, 2018 Report Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, kinuta said: Read it a few months ago. A good comprehensive account. Visited Hue last year and managed to see most of the places described in the book. Unfortunately driving rain and flooded streets curtailed our enjoyment. An Xmas present read, so far so good. Some of the events I recall either seeing or hearing about on the Beeb. Also vividly recall the early BBC2 evening news bulletin rebroadcasting the main US CBS Vietnam war news of the day before. A ‘WTF’ moment was what I later realised was Walter Cronkite introducing film of B-52 bomber formations over jungle, taken from above (probably from an accompanying F-4 I guess). Those sort of things as a youngster tend to stick in the memory like limpets. Reading the book, this is likely to have been one of the ‘Linebacker’ raids, possibly over the Central Highlands. Edited December 31, 2018 by sidewinder Quote
Brad Posted December 31, 2018 Report Posted December 31, 2018 4 hours ago, sidewinder said: I have yet to pick this up but I can recommend several other books if you wish. I’d also recommend reading the following series in the New York Times, if you’re interested. It’s terrific. Vietnam 67 Quote
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