Re: RARA-AVIS: Shame the Devil

From: Paul Miller ( phm@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: 09 Mar 2002


a n Smith wrote: I hate GATSBY. Never liked his other stuff, either, and I can nitpick it to death, but I'd be outgunned by the swarms who think he's a god.....................................................

Well being outgunned doesn't make you wrong, watch more westerns and see how often the good guy finds himself outgunned. : ) Fitzgerald is no Faulkner of course.

So it wasn't the personal dislike, but rather the idea that he *objectively* isn't that good. I can't agree with that..........................................................

I understand. It's just my personal opinion that his characters are wooden and the prose pedestrian. I don't presume to speak for everyone because I already know that many have a high opinion of his work. I certainly don't mean to offend by offering a differing opinion and will keep quiet on Pelecanos in future.

Paul Miller

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