As for Bellow: Augie March was dazzling writing! A hugely talented writer with not much to say. The Bernini of American literature.
Joanna
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Smith" <mjs at smithbowen.net>
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:32:17 -0400 CallMe Ishmael <llamadmeismael7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> She made love like a cannibal and he was her long pork....
> (Rushdie, Satanic Verses)
I always said that guy was tone-deaf. World's second most overrated writer (after Saul Bellow).
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