Well, Mike, I have a problem with the notion of "genre" vs.
non-genre writers, but Lethem has written other fiction which
at least rubs up against cf, GUN, WITH OCCASIONAL MUSIC being
the most obvious example, which also draws on the fantastic
fiction (fantasy, sf, etc.) that much of his early work is.
He's a writer who doesn't restrict himself. His contributions
are the major reason, perhaps aside from the They Might Be
Giants music and Michael Chabon's recent guest-edited issue
(reaching a much wider audience as a paperback item), that
MCSWEENEY'S, Dave Eggers's magazine and chapbook series,
shouldn't be expunged.
I've been meaning to get to Frazier for years, but get the
impression he's more pretentious than Lethem, whom I'd
definitely refer to as ambitious, instead. TM
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Robison [mailto:
zspider@gte.net]
I loved it. Great book. Talented author. He's not a genre
author, is he? Is this the only thing he's done that falls
within the realm of hardboiled?
I can't put my finger on it, but it reminds me some of
Charles Frazier's COLD MOUNTAIN.
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