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Agreed. I've reread Chandler's works every decade since the 60s and THE LONG GOODBYE is definitely his masterpiece.
If only Saint Altman thought the same!
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Raymond Chandler's books are not just detective novels- they are LITERATURE.
Not many genre writers can make that claim>
brm
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what's a matter with all you people- reading BOOKS?!
Why aren't you watching the tele like the rest of us?
there is a word for folks like you: BOOK PEOPLE
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Just finished THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA by Philip Roth (audiobook read by RON SILVER).
This is the first Roth I have read (don't think I have even seen any films based on his work)
AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!
Will no doubt go down as a classic.
fantastic writer.. wonder if the rest of his work is this excellent...
check it out
bruce marshall
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I totally agree with you on 'The Plot Against America', Bruce. I haven't had such an enjoyable experience with a Roth novel since 'Goodbye, Columbus' many, many years ago. While reading 'Plot', I really had a 'feel' of America and Washington DC in particular in the 1940's. The feel of a more innocent America, a more 'slowed down' time, felt right. The book should have won The National Book Award in my opinion, though it was shortlisted for it. Try out the 1969 film of 'Goodbye, Columbus' which in my opinion is the best film adapted from one of his novels.
i also highly recommend "AMERICAN AXIS: Henry Ford , Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of the Third reich" by Max Wallace.
if you think Roth was in fantasy land, this book should set you straight. Enlightening and chilling, it is far superior to Scott Berg's overpraised Lindy bio (Wallace quotes Lindy from his personal diaries!).
check it out!
brm
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I'm plowing through ATLAST SHRUGGED. I'm halfway through the almost 1,200-page tome. Believe or not in her philosophy, it IS fascinating reading. If only the book wasn't so damn heavy!
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"The Alienist" (by Caleb Carr)
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I'm plowing through ATLAST SHRUGGED. I'm halfway through the almost 1,200-page tome. Believe or not in her philosophy, it IS fascinating reading. If only the book wasn't so damn heavy!
......that book changed my life. no it altered it.
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......that book changed my life. no it altered it.
Interesting. I read THE FOUNTAINHEAD first, then immediatly dove into ATLAS SHRUGGED. This was in 1978. I must admit, they both influenced me greatly.
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Reading "ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT." Good read. First time I have ever read it. School required.
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