by D.T. Max
I liked this well enough, but there's a reason I've not read it until now. Something to do with never get too close to your (literary or otherwise) heros... The interesting parts are about the inner workings of his writing. I'd have rated it much higher if it was just that. I do wish a psychiatr...
I like how hated this book is in the reviews, at least most of the first dozen or so. It probably deserves most of the criticism. Still, I enjoyed reading it. I would have appreciated a bit more specifics about when certain stories were written or drafted, and of course all of the horrid, unfulfi...
Not a bad biography, just not a literary one.
Nothing great here, but it was interesting to learn things I did not know. Three stars here means I liked it, which I gratefully did. However, I am not the biggest fan of DT Max, but then again it is I who stands firmly in the camp of the reliably loyal Gordon Lish fans and his athletic supporters. ...
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