Fff Mmm answers “How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I...”

Donna asked this question about Less:

How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I found it plodding with an uninteresting protagonist.

Fff Mmm Comedic fiction that I find funny is hard to find, the last book that made me smile out loud was Jane Smiley's "Moo". I like that at one level this is…moreComedic fiction that I find funny is hard to find, the last book that made me smile out loud was Jane Smiley's "Moo". I like that at one level this is just a simple story of a guy trying to outrun his life but if you dig a little deeper there is a fair amount of social commentary hidden in the main character's obsessive self refection, which is a neat trick when you think of it.(less)

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Roberta And, again, different strokes. I found Smiley's Moo totally derivative, having read a very similar book written several years before. All books aren't ...more
May 01, 2020 09:55AM · flag

Jay Steinberg HIs obsessive self-reflection about what, his height? For some mysterious reason, that came up again and again. I found it vapid and shallow.
Aug 20, 2021 08:28PM · flag

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