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BaxDeal@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/7/04 3:41:47 AM,
>
miker_zspider@yahoo.com writes:
>
> << Have you read the Boston Teran yet? I liked
GOD
> IS A
> BULLET. I heard his second novel didn't come up
to
> par with it, but I haven't read it.
>>
>
> what do you LIKE about this book? I picked it
up
> when everybody was talking
> about it, it finally made its way to the top of
my
> TBR. by page 26 I was so
> disenchanted with the man's self-conscious
prose
> style I started skimming. I'm
> around page 50 something and think I'll put it
down
> for good. it's not in
> the least bit involving, just seems to be a
wallow
> in ugliness. if it doesn't
> get any better when I try it again tonight, I'm
done
> with the guy.
I didn't like it either. Mr. Robinson has a spirited defense
of it later down on this thread -- I only wish the actual
book equalled such a superlative description.
I remember thinking it was so over-the-top as to be
absolutely ridiculous. I reviewed it on another site and
somebody described Teran as a "pretentious swearing person",
which isn't a bad description, I think.
But each his own.
doug
recently read: I got a couple of boxes of books out of
storage and have been rereading things. Recently reread a
bunch of Ross Thomas's work. My respect for the guy knows no
bounds: he's one of my favorites in the genre. I especially
liked (the second time around) MISSIONARY STEW, BRIARPATCH,
OUT ON THE RIM, IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, and THE EIGHTH DWARF.
There's a killer movie to be made of DWARF, somebody better
get on it.
===== Doug Bassett
dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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