tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post6170392704455106523..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: WakefieldJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-77903523261102743102010-02-09T08:07:49.445-05:002010-02-09T08:07:49.445-05:00Oh my. This was fun to read and I thank you for ...Oh my. This was fun to read and I thank you for the warning to not read the book.Carehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06478474870247729611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-45276912133501450292010-02-06T11:44:47.640-05:002010-02-06T11:44:47.640-05:00Hi, I think I found you through a comment on Jenny...Hi, I think I found you through a comment on Jenny's blog. I didn't like Wakefield either, but I think Andrei Codrescu is a good writer. His fiction suffers from poet-itis (and egotism, just as you point out--or is that the same thing?) but his nonfiction is stellar. Disappearance of the Outside is one of my favorite books; best encapsulation of the 20th century written. I think good poet-philosopher-essayists are kind the opposite of good novelists. I wouldn't want to have to sit next to him at a party, but I'd go hear him give a lecture. Or, come to think of it, maybe not, if that part of Wakefield's character is based on him too. What a jerk!Trapuntohttp://villanegativa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-50742318059959690472010-02-05T09:57:47.936-05:002010-02-05T09:57:47.936-05:00I do sometimes like clever writing and clever peop...I do sometimes like clever writing and clever people, when they're polite, but I think readersguide pinpointed what got me about this audiobook, which drew out the experience, since I read much faster than I can be read to.<br /><br />Still, I know what you mean, Kristen, about reading the NY "literati authors." Except I would much rather read them than manga, or any "graphic novel."<br /><br />Jenny, glad you enjoyed this one!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-80387135562380333602010-02-03T16:17:50.656-05:002010-02-03T16:17:50.656-05:00I try to step outside my box every now and again a...I try to step outside my box every now and again although I'm fairly certain that I won't be stepping into the pages of this one. Nothing makes me angrier than the self-conscious literary masterbation with which it sounds like this one is filled. I avoid many of the New York literati authors for this very same reason after years of reading them because I thought, and they told me, that it was necessary to read them in order to be well-read in today's literature. Pah! I'd rather stretch myself with Manga (which is a genre I suspect I would not enjoy much) than with something like this self-referential cleverness.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651401312450990123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-52624979154491771722010-02-03T09:01:24.316-05:002010-02-03T09:01:24.316-05:00I often read books that I don't think I'll...I often read books that I don't think I'll enjoy and sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. Sorry to hear that it didn't work for you on this occasion. I hope it does next time!Jackie (Farm Lane Books)http://www.farmlanebooks.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-60115588856665419822010-02-02T20:10:25.639-05:002010-02-02T20:10:25.639-05:00Hahaha, this review is so satisfying to read! I u...Hahaha, this review is so satisfying to read! I used to work at the same university where Codrescu was teaching at the time, and he was MADDENING to deal with - every email just oozing condescension. I think we exchanged about four short emails the whole time I was there, and that was enough to make me really dislike him personally. I've never wanted to read his work, but it's good to know it's not worth my time anyway. :)Jennyhttp://jennysbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-9205239956935718462010-02-02T18:40:13.100-05:002010-02-02T18:40:13.100-05:00Well, you may not have liked the book, but I loved...Well, you may not have liked the book, but I loved your review!Florindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-21218014577165339162010-02-02T14:33:08.179-05:002010-02-02T14:33:08.179-05:00I have to say I'm not entirely surprised. I th...I have to say I'm not entirely surprised. I think he's probably clever enough for about a minute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com