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There's no denying that both of them are great writers, that what they can do to/with a sentence can be nothing short of jaw dropping at the best of times, usually still entertaining at the worst of them.

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His prescription for my malady was John Barth's End of the Road -- and I'm still recovering from...more...]]> 75945524 1131766 469083 0553242768 9780553242768 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245m/469083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245s/469083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/469083.The_End_of_the_Road 3.87 239 1958 5 0 false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 17:08:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 17:16:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7126718 431625 469083 0553242768 9780553242768 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245m/469083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245s/469083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/469083.The_End_of_the_Road 3.87 239 1958 5 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1969 Mon Oct 01 22:19:23 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 01 22:19:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 32332249 1471497 469083 0553242768 9780553242768 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245m/469083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245s/469083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/469083.The_End_of_the_Road 3.87 239 1958 5 0 false Mon Sep 08 08:12:51 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 08:22:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 41869323 550761 469083 0553242768 9780553242768 25 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245m/469083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1186334245s/469083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/469083.The_End_of_the_Road 3.87 239 1958 4 0 false Sun Jan 04 14:01:06 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 14:02:16 -0800 2009
There's a memorable and merciless scene involving a boy scout uniform that has stuck in my mind for years. 'Nuff said.
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One gets the feeling when reading John Barth's early, very accessible novels, that he is a very large tiger batting you around, because you are not worth eating.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=469083