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- From: mtaranto@panix.com (Mark Taranto)
- Subject: Re: John Sayles
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.211514.28062@panix.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:15:14 GMT
- Organization: The Inner Clique
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- Heather (HHENDERSON@vax.clarku.edu) writes:
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- > I've also decided to read some of Sayles' fiction, something I've
- > been postponing for a while. I'm not sure why I've been
- > postponing it. Several times I've had a book of his in my hand, right
- > on the verge of buying it, when I've changed my mind. Perhaps it's
- > because I read an excerpt from _Pride of the Bimbos_ once, and didn't
- > like it; but then, it's unfair to judge based on an excerpt, and I
- > loved Sayles' essay on Dick Stuart in _Cult Baseball Players_, so I
- > know I like his writing. I'm going to give _Pride of the Bimbos_
- > another chance. Has anyone read Sayles' other novels, and if so, which
- > would they recommend? How about his short stories?
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- The only Sayles that I have read is PRIDE OF THE BIMBOS, which I mentioned
- last week. I thought it a very good book, funny and sad. I think you will
- enjoy it. Being a baseball fan and a sayles fan, you might also want to
- read Asinov's EIGHT MEN OUT, and then rent the Sayles movie -- if you
- haven't already done so.
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- Mark
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