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Roth fans--is there an essential Roth that's worth reading? I've done American Pastoral and Goodbye Columbus (both just kinda okay) and have started Portnoy's Complaint multiple times to no avail.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Roth fans--is there an essential Roth that's worth reading? I've done American Pastoral and Goodbye Columbus (both just kinda okay) and have started Portnoy's Complaint multiple times to no avail.
My two favorites are The Plot Against America and The Human Stain. Very different but both outstanding.
FWIW I also thought American Pastoral was just okay.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
durdencommatyler wrote:
Mickey wrote:
Roth fans--is there an essential Roth that's worth reading? I've done American Pastoral and Goodbye Columbus (both just kinda okay) and have started Portnoy's Complaint multiple times to no avail.
My two favorites are The Plot Against America and The Human Stain. Very different but both outstanding.
FWIW I also thought American Pastoral was just okay.
Do you have to read I Married A Communist to get The Human Stain? Isn't it technically part of a trilogy, or is it more a thematic trilogy?
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Sat January 05, 2013 1:57 pm Posts: 32497 Location: Where everybody knows your name
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
wease wrote:
Gonna start Naked Lunch by William S. Burrows tonight.
lee the agent is dpup
I’ll keep that in mind!
Jesus Christ this isn’t going very well. I’ve decided that one would have to be higher than bejeezus belt to understand any of what’s going on in this book. It seems to be just character descriptions cobbled together forming no real narrative or plot at all. I’m gonna give it a little longer, but if something doesn’t happen soon, I’m out.
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Roth fans--is there an essential Roth that's worth reading? I've done American Pastoral and Goodbye Columbus (both just kinda okay) and have started Portnoy's Complaint multiple times to no avail.
My two favorites are The Plot Against America and The Human Stain. Very different but both outstanding.
FWIW I also thought American Pastoral was just okay.
Do you have to read I Married A Communist to get The Human Stain? Isn't it technically part of a trilogy, or is it more a thematic trilogy?
It was the first Roth book I ever read and I was fascinated by it. So, I feel like you do not need to read the others to appreciate it.
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 6:02 am Posts: 9712 Location: Tristes Tropiques
durdencommatyler wrote:
Mickey wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Mickey wrote:
Roth fans--is there an essential Roth that's worth reading? I've done American Pastoral and Goodbye Columbus (both just kinda okay) and have started Portnoy's Complaint multiple times to no avail.
My two favorites are The Plot Against America and The Human Stain. Very different but both outstanding.
FWIW I also thought American Pastoral was just okay.
Do you have to read I Married A Communist to get The Human Stain? Isn't it technically part of a trilogy, or is it more a thematic trilogy?
It was the first Roth book I ever read and I was fascinated by it. So, I feel like you do not need to read the others to appreciate it.
Okay awesome, I'll put it on the list. Really interested in Plot Against America too.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
Read the short story "Laurie" by Stephen King. It's only 32 pages and it's a pretty good read. Got a little worried near the end he would do his usual SK thing but he didn't kill anyone you were close to.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47142 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Simple Torture wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Gillian Flynn is a horrible writer, but she correctly says in the foreward that McNamara's gift is in finding the humanity in her subjects. It's true. This one is creepy as hell, but it transcends the lurid crime novel tropes by virtue of the victims' lives being so colorfully fleshed out.
You know what was weird about that intro? Her references to the text all happened in like the first 50 pages. It's like she didn't even finish it.
This was really good, though the last stretch, about the advances to forensic DNA and the legalities of access for criminal investigations, felt sort of tedious because it was rendered outdated once they caught the guy. If anyone is seriously insterested in I'll Be Gone In the Dark (Michelle McNamara, for the search), i'd suggest waiting for the next edition they have already announced with an updated ending on the Golden State Killer's capture.
Now on to The Devil's Candy on Jorge's recommendation:
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