Ed wrote:
"Speaking of the other "Charles the Great," BURNT ORANGE
HERESY was IMO a ripe satire of the artsy-fartsy set. And
there's one scene early in a Hoke Moseley novel had me
laughing so hard I thought I'd need stitches. Maybe it was
SHARK INFESTED CUSTARD."
Shark Infested Custard is not a Hoke Moseley novel, but a
novel broken into four parts, each focusing on one of a group
of male friends. One of those sections was published earlier
(with a different ending) as Kiss Your Ass Goodbye, but the
full novel is much, much better.
So, what was the scene, the one with the Hare Krishna guy at
the airport? If so, it was Miami Blues.
By the way, I totally agree with your endorsement of Burnt
Orange Heresy. Not only was Willeford a brilliant satirist of
the art world, he was prescient as well -- his critic
recommends that pieces from the Nazi's "Dangerous Art"
exhibit would be a good investment. A decade or two after
this book, the Smithsonian launched an exhibit based on just
that, which I'm sure did not hurt their market value.
Mark
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