[ExI] John C. Wright Interview

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Sat Jan 26 02:53:41 UTC 2008


At 06:44 PM 1/25/2008 -0800, Jef wrote:

> > It's so *obviously* gibberish that I'm not sure if you're
> > joking (because of the way you put it, here).  I get waves
> > of spam that looks like that.
>
>On the contrary, it's very coherent on one or more levels above the 
>superficial.

And bear in mind that it's a pioneering attempt to register the 
churning thoughts and pre-thoughts of a fairly uneducated but 
ebullient woman in Dublin around the start of the 20th century.

And the rest of the novel isn't all like that (phew!) but adopts and 
appropriates a number of different styles and voices.

Damien Broderick 




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