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oriana said:
"I had pretty much dismissed this guy as a doofus after the idiotic Go the Fuck to Sleep took off like goddamn wildfire. But OMG how good does this book sound?? Plus check out this terrific & heartbreaking piece he wrote for the Awl about New York...more
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I can't begin to say how sad I was to watch the unity and gravitational center of this book start to crumble and then sort of whirl apart around half-way through. I'd been looking forward to this book for weeks before Editors Buzz at BEA, and it w...
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If it takes me more than a week to read a book, that book is either super long or super un-compelling. People of Forever is just over 200 pgs, so sadly, this is the latter. I grabbed this proof for $1 at the Strand on the strength of the title alone....more |
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i know i said i was through with monster erotica for a while, but that was before free gargoyle porn! i was raised never to look free gargoyle porn in the mouth. it just encourages it... so a few helpful tips about choosing your monster lover, if g... " Read more of this review » |
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i was afraid to read this book. i was afraid it was going to knock something loose in me, emotionally, and that it would be the book to cut the "i-don't-cry-at-books-karen" to her knees. this is a book written by dfw's widow, after his suicide, an... " Read more of this review » |
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"Neat, I'll check it out. Thx for the rec!
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"Aw! Thanks MJ.
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First-rate wordplay and outstanding mindbendery in evidence, but narratively nothing particularly interesting past the p68 point. Strained pastiche, overly long surreal dream sequences, a Pynchonian tedium for neolonames-as-characters that disappe...
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"Oh damn, it's been like five years since I read this, so sadly no, I don't remember it very well. I'm definitely going to re-read it one of these days...more
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