--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> William Ahearn wrote:
>
> Didion's Play It as It Lays is about the
most
> angst-ridden thing I've read this side of
Woolrich's
> I
> Married a Dead Man. Purple noir. Nathanael
West's
> Miss Lonelyhearts and Day of the Locust are
both
> excellent.
>
Play It As It Lays can only be read as satire these days.
Didion couldn't write a novel. The White Album and Slouching
Toward Bethlehem is what I had in mind and her precious way
of noticing things.
I'm still pissed of that the name Homer Simpson has become
what it has. I like the show. But couldn't they leave that
name alone?
William
Essays and Ramblings
<http://www.williamahearn.com>
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