--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Bludis Jack
<buildsnburns@...> wrote:
>
> I picked this up on-line today.
>
> <CHICAGO (AP) -- Don't expect a lot of sunshine
in Oprah
> Winfrey's latest book club pick. Publishing's
leading
> hit-maker has chosen Cormac McCarthy's ''The Road,''
a
> bleak, apocalyptic novel by an author who rarely
talks to
> the media.
>
> <''It is so extraordinary,'' Winfrey said
Wednesday. ''I
> promise you, you'll be thinking about it long after
you
> finish the final page.''>
>
> Is that the kiss of death for
Rara-Avians?
Not at all. It's good. A while ago she recommended one of the
great Steinbeck books (I think it was East of Eden), which of
course shot up the charts. I asked here, innocently, how this
could be, and was informed that Oprah had lent her weight to
Steinbeck. Hell, if this book club promotes the good stuff, I
am not going to complain. I am sure that Cormac McCarthy is
not about to complain, either.
Best,
MrT (who hopes this doesn't appear nine times like my
Couffignal plug)
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