William Ahearn wrote:
Since Laura Lippman trashed Edmund Wilson on her blog and I'm
working on a piece about Wilson, I figured I'd read this
award-winning and highly acclaimed author.
*************** So what did you think of Edmund's Boys in the
Back Room? He's mostly an asshole towards the hardboiled
genre and some of his comments show a lack of understanding,
but every so often he hones in with good perception. It's
been a while since I read it, but I think he was good on
Steinbeck but poor on Cain.
I think he calls Cain's writing trash. He made a
comment about Appointment in Samarra that showed that he
didn't understand one of the main themes of the book.
miker
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