From: EdwardBelsky@worldnet.att.net   
      
   "Henry"  wrote in message   
   news:1hbgk5h.1u0waxnwxucciN%henry999@eircom.net...   
   > Edward Belsky  wrote:   
   >   
   > > God do I love Burgess.   
   >   
   > The initial exposure, in limited doses, can be heady stuff but the   
   > cumulative effect is cloyingly artsy-cutesy. The same is true of   
   > Nabokov, now that you mention it. And John Barth, their American   
   > contemporary.   
   >   
   > cheers,   
   >   
   > Henry   
      
   I know what you mean. So many of Burgess' novels are overwritten messes --   
   to the point of making you wonder how they got published-- M/F is like that   
   (and you are right that "Chaste Massachusetts moonlight" appears on the   
   first page), but not the Enderby books and not Nothing Like the Sun.  Barth   
   had good ideas but didn't bother to cast them in fine enough language. And   
   you have to read the right Nabokov -- Stick to "Lolita" and "The Gift" and   
   his wonderful poem "An Evening of Russian Poetry" and his critical treatise   
   on Gogol and you will be in heaven..   
      
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