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itive murderers and soulful prostitutes are not to be endured for one moment-- by this reader anyway. Is it true that you have called Hemingway and Conrad "writers of books for boys"? That's exactly what they are. Hemingway is certainly the better of the two; he has at least a voice of his own and is
ort story, "The Killers." And the description of the iridescent fish and rhythmic urination in his famous fish story is superb. But I cannot abide Conrad's souvenir-shop style, bottled ships and shell necklaces of romanticist cliches. In neither of those two writers can I find anything that I would c
From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:45 PM Subject: This exchange with Alvin Toiler appeared in This exchange with Alvin =offler appeared in Playboy for January, 1964. Great trouble was taken on both sides to achieve the illusion
itive murderers and soulful prostitutes are not to be endured for one moment-- by this reader anyway. Is it true that you have called Hemingway and Conrad "writers of books for boys"? That's exactly what they are. Hemingway is certainly the better of the two; he has at least a voice of his own and is
ort story, "The Killers." And the description of the iridescent fish and rhythmic urination in his famous fish story is superb. But I cannot abide Conrad's souvenir-shop style, bottled ships and shell necklaces of romanticist cliches. In neither of those two writers can I find anything that I would c
From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:45 PM Subject: This exchange with Alvin Toiler appeared in This exchange with Alvin =offler appeared in Playboy for January, 1964. Great trouble was taken on both sides to achieve the illusion
itive murderers and soulful prostitutes are not to be endured for one moment-- by this reader anyway. Is it true that you have called Hemingway and Conrad "writers of books for boys"? That's exactly what they are. Hemingway is certainly the better of the two; he has at least a voice of his own and is
ort story, "The Killers." And the description of the iridescent fish and rhythmic urination in his famous fish story is superb. But I cannot abide Conrad's souvenir-shop style, bottled ships and shell necklaces of romanticist cliches. In neither of those two writers can I find anything that I would c
From: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:45 PM Subject: This exchange with Alvin Toiler appeared in This exchange with Alvin =offler appeared in Playboy for January, 1964. Great trouble was taken on both sides to achieve the illusion
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