RARA-AVIS: Re: INHERENT VICE: A Report from the Trenches

From: Kevin Burton Smith (kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com)
Date: 28 Aug 2009

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    Patrick King wrote

    > I still haven't read INHERENT VICE. I'm looking forward to reading
    > it next month
    > when my other reading projects are finished. But I have read V, THE
    > CRYING OF
    > LOT 49, GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, VINELAND, MASON & DIXON, & AGAINST THE
    > DAY (so far my
    > favorite). I can tell you this: if you think INHERENT VICE is a
    > detective story,
    > you'll love the coat hangers at Bloomingdales.

    Gee, could you be a little more condescending and full of yourself? The folks in the back row might not have heard you.

    Talk about suicidal brand loyalty. You haven't even read the damn book.

    Sorry, Charlie, but we want books that taste good; not necessarily books with good taste.

    Kevin

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