Re: Kurt Vonnegut has died
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Blarg and others,
Since the topic of great American writers came up and you seem to be in the know, what are your opinions on David Foster Wallace? Certainly a completely different style from Vonnegut, but IMHO the best American writer out there now and his most well known novel, Infinite Jest, was simply the best book I've had the joy to read.
He himself does mention to be influenced by Vonnegut, among others (Pynchon, Gaddis and Gass come to mind, three other great writers).
But perhaps his style is too high brow and wordy for most...
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Someone you might enjoy... Jonathen Franzen... start with his book "The Corrections." It's probably the best book i have read written in my lifetime (born in 77). It's an amazing book and no one i have reccomended it to has been disappointed after i've tirelessly hyped it to them. It pretty much takes on almost every interesting societal issue we face in one grand and simple story. The writing is flowery at times, but otherwise superb.
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