But shouldn't it be "offa"? As in, git offa my lawn?

unnarrator wrote: "But shouldn't it be "offa"? As in, git offa my lawn?"

Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii....never liked Franzen, and then I read he was like DFW's bestest buddy ever, and now I think I should like him. Because I can't bear the thought of DFW being bestest buds with a twit.

//facepalm

You don't like The Corrections? I mean, as a whole I think the novel fails on many levels, but MAN there are some killer passages in there, cough*CRUISESHIPSCENES*cough (speaking of being Dave's BFF).

unnarrator wrote: "You don't like The Corrections? I mean, as a whole I think the novel fails on many levels, but MAN there are some killer passages in there, cough*CRUISESHIPSCENES*cough (speaking of being Dave's BFF)."

.......................I read the first 30 pp and had an anaphylactic reaction of raging hatred so bad I may never pick it up again ever. //shamefaced

I do think it's worthwhile to persevere at least until the Denise scenes, which have two of my favorite sentences in prose (in context):

"Oh God," Denise said involuntarily.

and

You don't need prep to eat a peach.

unnarrator wrote: "I do think it's worthwhile to persevere at least until the Denise scenes"

I totally totally didn't make it that far. //even more shamefaced

Who am I to talk? I haven't even read Moby-Dick, dude! :o)

unnarrator wrote: "Who am I to talk? I haven't even read Moby-Dick, dude! :o)"

But you read PIERRE. That so rocks. I don't think I've ever even seen that for sale anywhere!

Ah, he whom I dubbed the Librarian (of Unreliable Narrator bloggy notoriety) actually gave it to me, because somehow he thought we were like the characters? Which, it turns out to be about a brother who falls in love with his sister? Anyway, beautiful OTT Melvillian writing. Just, prose you can eat with a SPOON—

unnarrator wrote: "Ah, he whom I dubbed the Librarian (of Unreliable Narrator bloggy notoriety) actually gave it to me"

....omg I totally need to see if I can find this now. I'm sure it must be in paperback.... //looks

OMFG CHECK IT OUT

This was Melville's 1852 follow-up to the then flop Moby Dick. His publishers, fearing they had another failure on their hands, forced Melville to make additions to the text before they'd publish it. Melville later referred to the original, shorter version as his "kraken" book. Editor Parker has here restored the psychological novel to Melville's intended form. The text is buttressed with 30 full-color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. For serious literature collections.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

also the GR search function is totally fuckedy.

AHAHA, I just opened my edition to see whether it were krakened or restored, and inside there's a yellow post-it note reading simply: "THANKS—CORMAC." Looks like Mr. McCarthy got to read this before I did. ;o)

oh and PS, mine is evidently kraken.

unnarrator wrote: "oh and PS, mine is evidently kraken."

Cormac AND Kraken! Now THAT is a combo.