Joseph Duemer wrote:
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> Yes, Jill, I think there is something you're missing. First, the book is a
> comedy (it begins & ends with a wedding);
It did? Seriously - the copy i had didnt as far as I can
recall - no girls remember?, and it ended with a glub glub
as the boat went down.
Maybe I didnt have the _entire_ text?
>second, it piles irony upon irony;
Too ironic for me - after all the hushed reverence I assumed
it was supposed to be a serious novel.
> third, it is a historical & empirical tour de force, raising questions about
> the rise of American capitalism, environmentalism. It's the friggin
> American bible!
Phew! At least I got something right!
*chuckle*
Josephine
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