When last October’s Atlantic hit the doorstep, I whisked past the cover displaying Bill Clinton’s unsightly mug and scoured the index for something to banish sight of him. What to my eyes should appear but the lead-in for a withering review by Christopher Hitchens of Philip Roth’s latest novel, Exit Ghost. I’ve read Hitchens for [...]
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Exit Ghost
Posted in Books, tagged humor, Nathan Zuckerman, Philip Roth, writer's life on June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The People’s Act of Love
Posted in Books, tagged Chicken Kiev, humor on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This novel started out so strongly and I read the first one hundred pages without effort, held fast by the dark, dark humor and progress. Now, many confusing characters have been suddenly introduced and I’m floundering. Amidst the confusion and clutter, I did find one paragraph last night with a sentence that caused me to laugh out loud. [...]
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