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CharlesXII, have you read Graham Greene or William Trevor?
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Date: June 21st, 2018 8:41 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287434) |
Date: June 21st, 2018 8:43 PM Author: floppy snowy partner halford No, though I'll likely get around to Greene in the next couple years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287443) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:54 PM Author: Nubile property hunting ground I’m honestly a little shocked to hear this. And a little jealous that you get to read Greene for the first time, you have some great reading ahead of you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287876) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 11:54 PM Author: floppy snowy partner halford There are plenty of Catholic-ish writers I haven't read or only read recently. There are dozens of great authors, thousands of great books, and only so much time in one's life, sadly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36288422) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 8:44 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend Have u read Greene, quotemo? I've read The End of the Affair, Our Man in Havana, and The Quiet American. Big fan of his writing. Our Man in Havana was probably my favorite from a pure entertainment perspective- very funny take on the spy novel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287445) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 8:49 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit i have not, but he was highly recommended. what do you like about his style (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287468) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 8:57 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend Just very elegant prose, books are lean without any filler. Seems to capture the feel of foreign places well. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287504) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:08 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit Jonathan Franzen said Graham Greene is overrated
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:25 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend I can see the argument because they're so well constructed, but if you don't really buy into his catholicism theme and how it drives the characters, something like The End of the Affair seems like a sort of prim contrived "serious novel". I haven't read enough, but I think I'm more drawn to his more "entertainment" novels, anyway, since spy novels are one of the few genre novels I like. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287686) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:33 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit what do you mean by being so well constructed? how could a novel be good without being well constructed? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287733) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:34 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend Franzen probably thinks more pointless meandering sprawl makes a novel more true or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287745) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:30 PM Author: peach juggernaut Strange -- Franzen not a good judge of literary talent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287717) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:35 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone claret roast beef national Franzen is the definition of overrated (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287747) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:38 PM Author: peach juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287773) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:28 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone claret roast beef national The heart of the matter is great too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287706) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:09 PM Author: slimy medicated police squad mad cow disease Greene is terrific (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287572) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:20 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit what do you like about him. any comparisons to an american writer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287657) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:48 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend Something about his writing feels so distinctly British to me. More like Ishiguro, McEwan, Julian Barnes, than any recent American novelists I can think of. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287845) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 9:31 PM Author: peach juggernaut End of the Affair is great--technically difficult. For me, the best is The Power and the Glory. Also, the novella and screenplay for the Third Man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36287719) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 11:00 PM Author: Lemon appetizing bawdyhouse immigrant Greene is a must read for any good, well-read Catholic. Power and the Glory and The Quiet American are great. Anyone see any of the two Quiet American movies? Worth watching? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36288178) |
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Date: June 21st, 2018 11:15 PM Author: Bistre Senate Legend Saw the Michael Caine version 5 or so years ago, just read the book recently. It was pretty good, maybe a near-miss. I'll probably watch it again after having just read the book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36288232) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2018 11:14 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone claret roast beef national Caine movie was pretty good but hard to measure up to the book which was a masterpiece
End of the affair was one of the GOAT for me but partly because I was in a relationship like the one in the book and it was mind blowing that he could write it all so concisely
Beyond just the stories his word craft is brilliant
But Jonathan franzen thinks he’s over rated so... |
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Date: June 22nd, 2018 9:00 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36293965) |
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Date: June 23rd, 2018 8:45 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36298530) |
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Date: June 24th, 2018 6:34 PM Author: plum nibblets orchestra pit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4007630&forum_id=2#36302699) |