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I’ve been meaning to read a Roth novel for a while now because of the praise and reputation, and this novel was an amazingly crafted work. It’s perverse but completely engrossed in this terrible but fascinating character we follow every page.
Like with his Nixon biography, Farrell explores the world around his subject, and it’s fascinating. We have the Gilded Age which I don’t think most people now realize how insurrectionary and violent it was! Darrow’s personal life, beliefs, and tribulations came as a surprise as well. I think most Americans only hear about the Scopes monkey trial so I’m glad to learn how Darrow fit the bigger picture in so many historical movements
Started strong then meh? Why did the two dudes get attacked? Maybe things were clearer in French?
Smashes Clarke and Akira together with Frank Miller’s brooding violent vigilantes
Maybe they’re better off separate
Maybe they’re better off separate
I was planning on double majoring in English and History. Then in the winter quarter, I got back from a trip from the Middle East and an hour after leaving the airport found myself sitting in one of the core introduction courses for English. The professor, who had too much energy for my jet-lagged haze, went deep and enthusiastically about transportation in "A Tale of Two Cities." Which I did not understand.
This kind of inadaptability to academia made me become an English minor in an instant. It's the same kind of inadaptability that lets me appreciate House of Leaves so much more. I hate citations too (I'm a law student and scored 50% on them, so maybe that's a sore point to my lack of diligence though). I found it both fascinating and incredulous how people try to dredge so much meaning and analysis (from their lens) into something. But it's what we want to do naturally, with Freudian, critical theory, and so on. But I don't think I was a good English student since a lot of the time I did not know what I was writing about. :000
Someone on the internet called HoL an "essay about writing books." Yes, in the physical- Zamano had lots of ideas behind creating materials- and also in the responsive- its fans remain debating the last page, for example, 23 years after release. Even if it was "not for you."
I'm not sure what to make of the "meaning" of the book so far. So many layers, of mythology, and pop culture embedded. I really enjoyed it even with the deliberate frusrations. Johnny's story was the most interesting part for me but also the most frustrating!
This kind of inadaptability to academia made me become an English minor in an instant. It's the same kind of inadaptability that lets me appreciate House of Leaves so much more. I hate citations too (I'm a law student and scored 50% on them, so maybe that's a sore point to my lack of diligence though). I found it both fascinating and incredulous how people try to dredge so much meaning and analysis (from their lens) into something. But it's what we want to do naturally, with Freudian, critical theory, and so on. But I don't think I was a good English student since a lot of the time I did not know what I was writing about. :000
Someone on the internet called HoL an "essay about writing books." Yes, in the physical- Zamano had lots of ideas behind creating materials- and also in the responsive- its fans remain debating the last page, for example, 23 years after release. Even if it was "not for you."
I'm not sure what to make of the "meaning" of the book so far. So many layers, of mythology, and pop culture embedded. I really enjoyed it even with the deliberate frusrations. Johnny's story was the most interesting part for me but also the most frustrating!
incredibly researched and concise work on an interesting, important era for both worlds
Infuriating read. Hopefully there will be a second edition one day after the Supreme Court rules on the bankruptcy deal: https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/12/purdue-bankruptcy-sacklers/.
"At the Supreme Court on Monday, the justices appeared conflicted over whether to allow a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma to move forward. The federal government is seeking to block the plan because it releases members of the Sackler family from civil liability for opioid-related claims, but the company’s creditors – which include state and local governments and victims of the opioid crisis – broadly support the plan as the only way to ensure that they will receive compensation and funding for opioid recovery projects."
"At the Supreme Court on Monday, the justices appeared conflicted over whether to allow a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma to move forward. The federal government is seeking to block the plan because it releases members of the Sackler family from civil liability for opioid-related claims, but the company’s creditors – which include state and local governments and victims of the opioid crisis – broadly support the plan as the only way to ensure that they will receive compensation and funding for opioid recovery projects."
Beautifully drawn art but there wasn’t much to it I thought. Enjoyed its succinctness
