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Sarcastic Book Reviews

Published 2y ago -

Warning: Sarcastic Spoiler Alerts! The Sun Also Rises An impotent American, a slutty Englishwoman, and their questionable expatriate friends drink and fuck their way around Europe.  (For a generation referred to as “lost,” they don’t seem to have much t... More »

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Thomas Pynchon

Published 6y ago -

Thomas Pynchon is one of the most influential and critically revered American novelists of his time. Pynchon’s verbal virtuosity, multi-dimensional erudition, and anarchic sense of humor have earned him the title of “bard of the counterculture.R... More »

Extreme Literary Makeovers

Published 11y ago -

By David Alpaugh Millions of contemporary readers are ignoring great books, turned off by titles that strike them as inaccessible, politically incorrect, or hopelessly retro. The classics can remain relevant to the Facebook generation—but only if editors mus... More »

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In One Person

Published 12y ago -

Review by Dan Geddes Note: The first part of this review is for would-be readers and thus contains no spoilers. The second part is further commentary, including spoilers. John Irving would admit that sexual orientation is still an important political issue in ... More »

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The Rosy Crucifixion (Sexus, Plexus and Nexus)

Published 12y ago -

Henry Miller By Dan Geddes See also review of Miller’s The Air-Conditioned Nightmare Henry Miller is sui generis. It is difficult to place his works in a particular genre, though novels may still be the best category. Some have termed his works “au... More »

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New Close Readings of The Crying of Lot 49

Published 12y ago -

  New Close Readings of The Crying of Lot 49 By Robert E. Kohn Review by Dan Geddes New Close Readings of The Crying of Lot 49 comprises twelve essays by Robert Kohn, a former economics professor, who turned to literary studies in his retirement. Kohn is ... More »

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Inherent Vice – Pynchon for the Masses

Published 14y ago -

Thomas Pynchon Review by Dan Geddes 5 January 2010 See also: Inherent Vice (2014) (movie) The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity’s Rainbow, Vineland, Bleeding Edge and Dys, an imaginary Pynchon novel Inherent Vice is a pleasant surprise. After Against the Day’s... More »

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The Corrections

Published 22y ago -

The Corrections Jonathan Franzen Review by Dan Geddes See also review of Franzen’s Freedom The Corrections admirably portrays the values of both contemporary American yuppies and their square parents. While the three main characters are well-spoken East ... More »

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