Followed by two long paragraphs dismissing Bellow's serial dickishness when it came to relationships and marriage.
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I'm a Bellow fan, but can we please retire the idea that being a serial womanizer and a shitty husband is an artistic prerogative?
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@nathanwhitlock As for Martin Amis, his writing on Bellow (& Nabokov) testifies the need for a father figure (understandable given Kingsley)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet That's a whole other subject. Was tempted to add#Daddyissues to my original tweet.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet I wrote somewhere, or maybe only planned to, about how weedy Brit writers get all giggly over "manly" Bellow.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@nathanwhitlock@HeerJeet The last time I tried to read Bellow, I found him adolescent, really not a world-class talent.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenHenighan@HeerJeet He has some dud books, and can't write about women for shit, but....2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@StephenHenighan@HeerJeet ... he can work up a captivating voice that pulls you through the eye-roll material or mini-lectures.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@nathanwhitlock @StephenHenighan That's a fair assessment.
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