Ed Lynskey wrote:
Thanks for the interesting (and detailed) overview of
Madden's collection of essays. As an aside, Bruccoli was a
fan of Ed Lacy. More to the point, I believe O'Hara has
fallen out of favor in The Academy though in his day, he was
widely read if not overpublished. I've enjoyed several of his
novels, including
_Samarra_ and _From the Terrace_. I didn't realize that
O'Hara's first book coincided with Cain's
_Postman_.
************ Glad you liked it, Ed! I agree with you on
O'Hara falling out of favor. Of the little I've read about
him (Gore Vidal and Edmund Wilson), both consider him a
successful social historian, but not much of a writer. The
only thing I've read by O'Hara is Appointment in Samarra, and
I thought it was good. Jack Bludis has long recommended
Butterfield 8 (?). I'd like to give it a try some time.
miker
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