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- From: s0522457@let.rug.nl (L.E. Plat)
- Subject: Re: Looking for recommendations
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- References: <1992Dec31.134608.5596@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <hawleylm-070193114837@hawley.apple.com> <1993Jan7.175713.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 14:43:49 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan7.175713.1@eagle.wesleyan.edu> gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes:
- >Subject: Re: Looking for recommendations
- >From: gvacano@eagle.wesleyan.edu
- >Date: 7 Jan 93 17:57:13 EST
- >In article <hawleylm-070193114837@hawley.apple.com>, hawleylm@apple.com
- >(Lorin Hawley) writes:
- >
- >> It seems people are often most strongly impressed by whichever TR book they
- >> read first. That might be because that's when his style has such a strong
- >> impact.
- >
- >There's probably a lot of truth in this statement.
-
- Well, I don't know. The first TR novel I read was Jitterbug Perfume, but I
- think that Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was a lot better (equalled,
- perhaps, by Skinny Legs & All). Still, as an introduction I always advice
- Jitterbug Perfume, which is, I think, the most accessible of his novels.
-
- >"Jitterbug Perfume" is my second favorite, though it is closely followed by
- >"Even Cowgirls get the Blues". Both books have some of the best characters I've
- >encountered in fiction, namely "Pan" and "the Chink". When books have
- >characters that interesting and colorful, what could you want?
- >
- Hear, hear.
-
- >I thought "Another Roadside Attraction" was weird, yet pedestrian, and the
- >style seemed overly enthusiastic and cumbersome. Sure it was
- >peopled with odd and enigmatic characters, but they had nothing more
- >enlightening to say than the dime store philosophy you can get from any
- >dope-inspired Deadhead. The plot was even less interesting. "Jitterbug
- >Perfume" is (IMO) a far more enlightening experience.
- >
- Agreed. The structure of the story was rather cumbersome, somewhat
- streched, and the plot was an anti-climax.
-
-
- Bert Plat
- bplat@rugrcx.rug.nl
-