No, I didn't mean to imply straight away, those were the only two things I thought I knew about him.
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Philip Roth is a writer I should read more. I really enjoyed The Great American Novel and, to a lesser extent, The Plot Against America.
I'm into totally different genres now that I'm aging.
I'd highly recommend anything by Barbara Kingsolver.
My faves are...
Prodigal Summer
and
The Poisonwood Bible (the second book is not that great).
Frank Hebert rules.
I read it once and it's sat on my bookshelf for about that long ever since. If I didn't have a commute via subway, I would have never been able to slog through that book. And I've read some pretty long and dull books. I've even regretfully read Atlas Shrugged twice. Gravity's Rainbow is a tough one for me. It was just not enjoyable.
I read a ton of Vonnegut and thought it was alright. Once I picked up Hocus Pocus, I realized how formulaic his stuff is and can't read him anymore.
I've only read Gravity's Rainbow by Pynchon, but struggled through it so much that I don't want to read anymore from him.
If I could only recommend one modern book to anyone, it would always be Little, Big by John Crowley.
OK, which one of you is RichieFromBoston?
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