Spiers-awe indeed. I think it may be time to get rid of your Kicker link.
Uch | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 11:36 am | #

$50,000 worth of rock in front of you and you couldn’t take your eyes off the MAN?

My God, there’s hope for that city yet.
Lung the Younger | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 11:46 am | #

I finished Heller's book not long ago too -- why did you think the book ultimately failed?
Sarah | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 11:47 am | #

I wasn't convinced with the narrator, especially when she is recounting the sex scenes - I think they are too graphic to have come purely from the narrator. I think if Heller wanted to focus on that she should have used the letter Sheba was supposed to have written or some other deivce other than just a repitition of sheba - I am not sure that Sheba would have been so detailed. Still I guess the fact that they both appear to me as characters about whom I can make assumptions means that they are portrayed very well.

Also I winced at some things like the mention of the BHS suit - I just thought that was an excessive attempt to make the narrator somehow more small minded.

I thought a lot of it was great but I just didn't think it worked in the end.
maccers | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 12:02 pm | #

This post makes me think of Joseph Heller, in more ways than one.
L'Emmerdeur | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 3:34 pm | #

Was it Chez Esaada? That place can be very romantic. But for me, asking someone to marry you in public and at lunch lacks a certain, um, gravitas.
la depressionada | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 4:37 pm | #

L'Orange Bleu. Bizarro.
maccers | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 4:43 pm | #

FEck! L'emme took my line.
Robotnik | Homepage | 01.31.05 - 8:47 pm | #

Once you've seen one piece of crystalized carbon, you've seen them all.

Though having said that, 50 big ones works out to about three-and-a-half-to-four carats. Sounds like you could put an eye out with that thing.
Frankenstein | Homepage | 02.01.05 - 5:12 pm | #