10-05-2007, 10:15 PM
Yes, the Pulitzer Prize should be called the Pulitzer Cult of Despair. Every frickin' book about severely f*cked-up people in rapidly deteriorating situations that none of them can emerge triumphant from, but instead are ground into sandy chunks of stew-meat described in gorgeous prose.
Every Pulitzer-winning novel should come with a straight-razor and a copy of Grey's Anatomy with the major arteries marked with a neon-green highlighter.
OK, this time I went and looked at the lists:
17 on The Board
38 on The Reader
That "Reader" list was very lame, except for the addition of Robertson Davies, who totally rocks (for a Canadian). I would recommend The Deptford Trilogy to anyone (Fifth Business is the first book).
Every Pulitzer-winning novel should come with a straight-razor and a copy of Grey's Anatomy with the major arteries marked with a neon-green highlighter.
OK, this time I went and looked at the lists:
17 on The Board
38 on The Reader
That "Reader" list was very lame, except for the addition of Robertson Davies, who totally rocks (for a Canadian). I would recommend The Deptford Trilogy to anyone (Fifth Business is the first book).
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