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Old 02.13.2019, 08:40 AM   #5408
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I've never read Pynchon so can't compare them but, out of interest, do you like writers like Chandler or Dashiel Hammett, or even James Ellroy? I'm only talking in terms of their prose style (rather than subject matter) cos I get the feeling people who like that super hardboiled-style have a natural affinity with Burroughs. But as much as I'm a fan of it, I know that not everyone clicks with it.




I also find Chandler and Hammett dull. I do not read much crime fiction, or fiction for that matter. Never read Elroy. I find Cormac McCarthy boring too.
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