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Replying to @nathanwhitlock
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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Replying to @nathanwhitlock
@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 -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet That's a whole other subject. Was tempted to add#Daddyissues to my original tweet.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nathanwhitlock
@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 -
Replying to @nathanwhitlock
@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 -
Replying to @StephenHenighan
@StephenHenighan@HeerJeet He has some dud books, and can't write about women for shit, but....2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @nathanwhitlock
@nathanwhitlock@StephenHenighan Herzog is great, as is Seize the Day. The rest are more hit & miss.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@StephenHenighan He's the literary Peter Jackson: occasionally powerful overall effect, though mostly just endless orc battles.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@nathanwhitlock @StephenHenighan Except the Orcs are his ex-wives.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@StephenHenighan Exactly. And the New York intelligentsia.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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