I hate his writing style though because he relied on obscure words that nobody else ever used, and he would plonk them into these horrible sentences which where made horrible, or even more horrible, by the completely inappropriate, ugly, obscure word trying to draw attention to itself. All to communicate some shit non-story about heroin addicts, with characters even more ridiculous and unreal than Martin Amis' Keiths.
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I hate his writing style though because he relied on obscure words that nobody else ever used, and he would plonk them into these horrible sentences which where made horrible, or even more horrible, by the completely inappropriate, ugly, obscure word trying to draw attention to itself. All to communicate some shit non-story about heroin addicts, with characters even more ridiculous and unreal than Martin Amis' Keiths.
American Pastoral.
Oh, OK. Which one is it, then?
I haven't read that one. I haven't read every single Roth novel.
luka
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We both posted at 12:47 explain that Columbo!
sadmanbarty
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you're acting as though i haven't had whole back and forth conversations with my own fake accounts
Version, I've read:
Portnoy's Complaint - can't say I enjoyed it, but admired its, uh, candour.
The Ghost Writer - an unpleasant, vain book, poorly executed.
Zuckerman Unbound - can't really remember much about this one, I think I liked it but get it confused with:
The Anatomy Lesson - brutal and self-lacerating, almost hard to read, but I liked this one quite a lot.
American Pastoral - I loved this book.
I Married a Communist - another nasty case of misogyny, but better than The Ghost Writer.
The Plot Against America - the last one of his I bothered reading, I found it embarrassing but it's now being resurrected as prescient with Trump.
Portnoy's Complaint - can't say I enjoyed it, but admired its, uh, candour.
The Ghost Writer - an unpleasant, vain book, poorly executed.
Zuckerman Unbound - can't really remember much about this one, I think I liked it but get it confused with:
The Anatomy Lesson - brutal and self-lacerating, almost hard to read, but I liked this one quite a lot.
American Pastoral - I loved this book.
I Married a Communist - another nasty case of misogyny, but better than The Ghost Writer.
The Plot Against America - the last one of his I bothered reading, I found it embarrassing but it's now being resurrected as prescient with Trump.
sadmanbarty
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it's like silence of the lambs, only a killer can understand the mind of murderer.
luka
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That's what they want you to think. Sowing seeds of suspicion. Corrosive paranoia and distrust. Go to dungeonmaster Sufi inspect ip addresses it's nothing to do with me. Just enjoy the intrigue. The stirrings of peasant revolt.
yyaldrin
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that's exactly what i would do if i'd have a second account in order to talk myself out of it
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