I’M READING AS FAST AS I CAN: APRIL 2008 EDITION

Because you can’t have too many book reports on teh Internets.

JUST FINISHED

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Like a lot of people I know, this was my first time reading McCarthy, having been inspired by the film version of No Country For Old Men. Oprah’s endorsement made me wary, but I tried it anyway and ... Damn. It’s a good tight and intense story, albeit with maybe a little too much walking, and features the most lyrical prose I’ve encountered in a long time. If Davis Grubb had written post-apocalytic fiction, he might have come up with something like this. It’s books like this that make me think I should give up writing completely.

JUST STARTED

Red Dust by Ma Jian
I tried Ma Jian a few years ago with The Noodle Maker, and it was a surreal experience. This book, an account of his travels across China in the early 80s after he’d already been labeled a “questionable youth”, should be more straightforward, and seems like just thing to read before the Olympics get going.

( Recent titles are behind the curtain, ma'am ... )

Seminole bingo,

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