Re: RARA-AVIS: Heirs of Selby

From: Chris Martin ( cptpipes@hotmail.com)
Date: 11 Jul 2002


Mark said:
>However, I think Selby may have provided a good model for some --
>Richard Price has talked about the huge influence Last Exit had on him,
>letting him know it was okay to write about real people. And that book
>casts a long shadow over Price's Wanderers, though not so much in the
>style department.

I knew that some writer I like had cited Selby as a major influence, but I could not remember who it is. Thanks for the reminder that it was Richard Price. Considering how much I love Price's work, I may have to add Selby to the ole TBR pile after all.

Chris

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