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To: Ilaine who wrote (87320)11/19/2004 8:40:51 PM
From: LindyBill  Respond to of 793719
 
Tom Wolfe

I have it on reserve and should get it in a couple of weeks from the Library. I had to struggle a little with "A Man in Full." But I will read it.



To: Ilaine who wrote (87320)11/20/2004 9:10:07 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Respond to of 793719
 
I love Tom Wolfe.

I don't see where he is Right. He is much more like Norman Mailer, Gloria Steinem, John Updike, etc than Falwell, Jones, Robertson, etc.

I don't think he believes in God in the traditional sense. He is from the South and he thinks he understands the Southern Culture.

But he is far more at home at the Algonquin than he would be at some ribs place.

He is probably more like Clinton than he is like Bush. Clinton can speak from both sides of his mouth (north and south).

How do you spell " C O N D E S C E N S I O N" ?



To: Ilaine who wrote (87320)11/20/2004 10:27:21 AM
From: Alan Smithee  Respond to of 793719
 
Sometimes good writers sort of peter out. Thomas Pyncheon was that way, among others.

In the so-called "popular fiction" category, I'd add John Grisham to the list. I have not been able to read one of his books in years.