Re: RARA-AVIS: Burnt Orange Availability?
Mari Hall (found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:47:55 -0500
William Denton wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998, Mario Taboada wrote:
>
> : If there are difficulties, I suggest _Miami Blues_ or
_The
> : Shark-Infested Custard_ as possible replacements. The
latter has
> : some of the most brilliant prose I have ever
read.
>
> I think we should stick to _Heresy_ for the main
selection, but
> perhaps people who can't find it will read another
Willeford and then
> we'll all chime in. I just finished the book I was on
for the last
> week or so and I'm going to grab _Heresy_. After that,
_Custard_
> might go down well, especially since I'm trying to cut
down on
> starches.
>
> You're not actually going to read one of the
selections, are you, Mario?
>
> Bill
> --
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Good idea! I thought the true "purpose" was to get a
discussion going
about the author and his prose, not a particular book unless
it was a
comparison. As for revealing the endings or plot-twists, that
doesn't
matter for older books like these, but it does for new ones,
at least
IMHO
from Mari Hall found.dead.in.texas@airmail.net
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