I don't think it's unfair to say de lillo is one of the worst writers ever to use the english language. Dumb in such a typically american male way.
Underworld is by far and away the worst novel I've ever read.
See if you can find the opening page online. It's staggering. Nothing will ever be that bad again. It's a kind of degree zero.
I group it with Terrence Malick. A specifically American stupidity. impotent dry humping. Bathetic.
Is that the baseball one? I think I did read the first few pages after a friend's recommendation, but gave up early cos it was crap.
If you think he's a bad writer why are you reading Cosmopolis? Are you punishing yourself?
Me and Matthew ingrams saw him give a talk in Greenwich. Rupert Sheldrakes was there too.
http://www.dissensus.com/showthread.php?t=5953
Actually bumped into the woebot today he was in a huge bright blue puffa jacket
I've never been to festivals never been anywhere where there's a group of self consciously 'psychedelic' people before and it turns out they are grotesque delusional sad losers that must be eliminated
You should see the state of the occult scene.
One of my mates is a brilliant writer about occult stuff. He frequently finds the mismatch between his writing and the audience to be horrifically jarring.
Even Michael Pollan?