Yo, any of you dudes into Gilbert Sorrentino?

he's maybe a little lower on the radar in that his books tend to already assume a buncha knowledge that others don't - like mulligan stew assumes you know a buncha lamenesses about the 'postmodern novel', & imaginative qualities a buncha lamenesses about the fiction of the 50s-60s beats&hipsters

hubert selby jr. credits sorrentino with teaching him how to write in at least one introduction � does it show? mebbe �

ILB has RIP gilbert sorrentino
RIP Gilbert Sorrentino.
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Gilbert Sorrentino

huh chris for some reason i thought you were a fan of mulligan stew

You'd think, right?

We've done this before.

Does that make it suitably Sorrentinian?

Nope.

I didn't know that the Dalkey Archive had a street team.

I didn't take advantage of that ridiculous 100 books for $500 deal they had at one point, or whatever it was, if that's what you're saying.

I just came across Imaginative Qualities of Real Things on a booklist I was looking at. Thought it looked interesting so I was just thinking of ordering it as an Interlibrary loan. It's not a quick read then?

Someone said that upthread? Oh I see. No you can read it pretty quickly. I know I did.