The Journalist: A Novel (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))
by Harry Mathews
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Read in June, 2008
The blurb about this (from the back cover) fails to convey the real atmosphere of the book; at best, it describes the first 50 to 100 pages. Much goes on behind the scenes in the journalist's life that we only glimpse momentarily towards the end. The other reviewer turns the character into an "unreliable narrator." A re-examination with this consideration in mind is probably worthwhile, but I never felt he was unreliable, merely personal to a flaw. The book is a journal, and as such, l...more
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This book is very post-modern and it has an unreliable narrator. Once you understand that,it makes it a lot easier to read and it is, in the end, once you figure out the journalist and by this Matthews means someone who is writing a journal not a professional writer--you will understand the book much better, and in the end, I think it is worth reading though difficult at first.
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