tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post2673881040264327409..comments2024-03-19T21:14:01.007-07:00Comments on The Compass Rose: The Ghost Gives Up the GhostCurtis Favillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-90976685303227944062010-01-29T12:49:17.721-08:002010-01-29T12:49:17.721-08:00I seem to recall that a dozen years ago
or so
he b...I seem to recall that a dozen years ago<br />or so<br />he broke his silence and either gave an interview<br />or<br />made some public comment..<br /><br />Catcher used to be required reading around here and most-likely everywhere else in the good ole US of A My son and<br />daughter both read it in junior high school maybe about 1998<br /><br />now it is banned from schools... not even sure it is in the school libraries<br /><br />I guess it went the way of Huck Finn and Our Lady of the Flowers...<br />can't fine the Tropic of books ... anywhere..<br />and, I do believe that Lord of the Flies has also been "yanked"..<br /><br />now that "we" are so politically correct about our<br />"just what is" heritage do let's make all the kiddies stupid/naive too.Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1660090614793277371.post-52295781727185066762010-01-29T12:00:19.541-08:002010-01-29T12:00:19.541-08:00The "Salinger heads to Hell" posse seems...The "Salinger heads to Hell" posse seems to be edging out the " Salinger Heads to Hebbin'" gang. The mighty LA Times spent like three pages pretty much condemning him, ad nauseum.<br /><br />I tend to agree with they naysayers, tho' not sure if JDS has met Charon or not. Catcher ITR I read years ago, and don't recall much except the supposedly nasty bit wit' the whore, which was hardly nasty enough, and I read a few of his stories. <br /><br />His dialog didn't really work for me. Or rather, he's so bitter and cynical--and misogynistic, I believe--that the dialog sounds nearly ...theatrical, some bad Woody Allen flick or something. Actually a few scenes were sort of interesting, but essentially variations on cherchez la femme. Not a bad variation, but you can only take like Rosie O'Donnell- like hags and hos whining for a few hours...or somethin' like that. I should re-read C.I.T.R, perhaps. <br /><br />When Pynchon kicks it I wonder if there will be a similar ...freakfest: the dead recluse meme..juicy secrets ready to be exposed.....and a fresh-corpse for the publishing vultures...Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.com