In a message dated 2/17/2007 7:01:13 A.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
kmontin@sympatico.ca writes:
Body, by Harry Crews, concerns the vicious world of
female bodybuilding competition. A really dark book. I liked
it a lot. I definitely did not feel like running over to the
gym and lifting weights afterwards.
A question for Vicki: I know you admire Harry Crews. Would
you say that Body in particular inspired Iguana Love in any
way?
Karin
You know, I never thought about it, but on some abuconscious
level, Body surely might have influenced me. I was working
out a lot with weights, however, when I wrote Iguana Love. I
also ran into a bodybuilder who gave me a connection for some
steroid research (interview only), so I think that was the
more direct link. However, I wonder if I became interested in
body building through Harry Crews in the first place. It's
scary to think that I'm so heavily influenced by the fiction
I read! Vicki
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