That's why I don't get down with year of reading this or year of reading that. Literally can't afford to be playing parlor games.
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Replying to @matthunte
@matthunte Here here. Rarely do I go out and buy a book, and immediately start reading it. Only exception: the author is a friend.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CarlRobertAnd
@CarlRobertAnd@matthunte When Roth was hitting his stride in 1980s/1990s I'd immediately get each book as it came out & read it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@matthunte That's not to say, if someone affected me the way Roth did you, I wouldn't do the same.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CarlRobertAnd
@CarlRobertAnd@matthunte Funny thing, I'd rank Updike & Munro higher than Roth, but there's something compulsively addictive about his work4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HeerJeet
Roth: so good he didn't need to be prolific. "Amer Pastoral," "Sabbath's Theater"—endlessly rereadable.
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Replying to @dg_myers
@dg_myers@HeerJeet@matthunte I'm partial to the Roth from the late '70s to early 80's, the FSG and Scribner years.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @CarlRobertAnd
@CarlRobertAnd@dg_myers@matthunte My ranking: 1. Sabbath's Theater 2. Zuckerman Bound (1st Trilogy) 3. Patrimony. 4. Counterlife.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@dg_myers@matthunte The Ghost Writer for me is tops. Just shakes me with the deepest pleasure.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@CarlRobertAnd @dg_myers @matthunte Ghost Writer has Roth's best prose & most intricate narrative trickery. But I just love Mickey Sabbath
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