[lbo-talk] would McCain read Faulkner?

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Thu Oct 30 18:32:02 PDT 2008


On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:13:28 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> "Faulkner was a huge problem," he said. "Hemingway, yes. But would he
> really read Faulkner?"

Would anybody? Could anybody?

For a heart-stopping moment there, I thought somebody had finally come up with a reason for caring about the outcome of this election.

Anybody who could make people listen to Faulkner read aloud would have to be more of a monster than Nixon -- or Kennedy -- or Truman!



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