Re: Book in progress


Subject: Re: Book in progress
From: Marcus Smith (marcus@LOYNO.EDU)
Date: Tue Jun 29 1999 - 21:30:45 EDT


On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Marshall Smith wrote:

> Am I the only southerner who thought Wolfe's rendition of southern dialect
> was unbearable? I couldn't get past page 25.
>
> Marshall Smith

I couldn't get past the first chapter in which Wolfe has someone hunting
quail with buckshot in a 410.

Marcus Smith
Department of English
Loyola University
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118
Office: 504-865-2481; Fax 504-866-1966



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