tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post3443037535722168046..comments2023-10-30T12:15:11.709+00:00Comments on Dirty/Realistic: Tell me the Truth About RothStuart Evershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18437316615394546533noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post-50685702179215258702011-05-23T12:35:29.503+01:002011-05-23T12:35:29.503+01:00And indeed your final paragraph.And indeed your final paragraph.Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post-48143522853564264822011-05-23T12:34:50.431+01:002011-05-23T12:34:50.431+01:00Great post Stuart - argued with passion, commitmen...Great post Stuart - argued with passion, commitment and, best of all, some examples. I agree re your final apragraph. <br /><br />I have been making a bit of a pest of myself on the anti-Roth side, but not because I think he doesn't know how to write a novel. My response - on the basis that, like Scott, I've never found him interesting (except The Human Stain, which I hated) - is more toward the people who cry heresy the minute you say you're not a fan. So, whatever you think about Carmen Callil personally (and I think we know what Robert McCrum thinks), I thought okay, well what she objected to was the lack of discusison, and she has opened up the discussion. <br /><br />Anyway, your blog post is the one I've been looking for all weekend. (Scott, I loved yours this morning too, but had no time then to leave a comment...<br /><br />Thanks guys.Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post-71625801207219589242011-05-19T14:35:37.434+01:002011-05-19T14:35:37.434+01:00Your last paragraph is brilliant. Better than anyt...Your last paragraph is brilliant. Better than anything I read in Everyman, all of which I have forgotten so that may not be strictly true.<br /><br />Nonetheless, I am eager to find out what the fuss is about so will read on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post-33152415638851038562011-05-19T13:45:20.919+01:002011-05-19T13:45:20.919+01:00awesome. perfectly put.awesome. perfectly put.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09831154327648560410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8236523682335771051.post-8696049381828920512011-05-19T12:24:16.924+01:002011-05-19T12:24:16.924+01:00Brilliant, agree with every word. You've saved...Brilliant, agree with every word. You've saved me a job!Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.com