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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I love a beautifully constructed sentence. When I first read Underworld there were sentences I wanted to frame and hang on my wall.
I'm a sucker for beautiful prose. And girls in stockings.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 20:17, 1 reply, 14 years ago)
But DeLillo is his own man. If you've never read Libra do so.
Pynchon can be beautiful but can slip into self indulgence - I found "The Crying of Lot 49" impossible but "Mason and Dixon" is fantastic. As above, "Against The Day" is superb, but so disjointed it's difficult to follow.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 20:24, Reply)
Not sure if I prefer girls in stockings to prose though.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 20:28, Reply)
They're not knocking on my door right now though, so I take my pleasure from literature.
(, Sun 26 Feb 2012, 20:40, Reply)
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