@nathanwhitlock He could be glib, especially in later years, and sometimes flaky (i.e. on Erica Jong) but best reviews cut deep.
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@nathanwhitlock I know what you mean but you always got a sense of what's wrong with a book, even if he refrains from devastating epitaph.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nathanwhitlock What other novelist of his stature wrote so much criticism? Only Virginia Woolf comes to mind.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@nathanwhitlock Yeah, two of the greats. Could review fiction with a rare sensitivity. (Pritchett was especially superb).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@nathanwhitlock Updike a good reviewer, but his disdain for "3rd World" fiction verged on racism, e.g.Achebe, Donoso, Roa Bastos.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenHenighan@nathanwhitlock Yes & no. His response sometimes limited but no American critic wrote more about world literature1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@nathanwhitlock That depends on whether you count Alastair Reid as an American.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@StephenHenighan @nathanwhitlock Paul West probably also reviewed as much global literature as Updike. But not many others.
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