Fiction

Posted on June 21, 2007 | Comments Off on Fiction

Just for once I’d like to find some happy fiction. That occurred to me after I began "No Country for Old Men," Cormac McCarthy’s violent story about drug running down around Sanderson, just east of the big bend country of West Texas. Knowing the area, I’m captivated by the story, and will set aside the other two books I was reading, "Imperial Grunts," a look at the far-flung action of the GWOT–in addition to Afghanistan and Iraq–by John D. Kaplan, and "Carnage and Culture," military history by Victor Davis Hanson. I’ll go back to them when I finish NCfOM. It’s got echoes of "Blood Meridian," probably the most violent story I ever read. I’m not talking about "Mary Poppins" but a happy tale now and then would be welcome. Got any recommendations?

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  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | June 22, 2007 at 3:00 pm |

    I hesitate to suggest anything because I’m pretty sure you have read these, and besides, what I have in mind isn’t what you might call “happy”, though there are humourous moments.
    If you have not already done so, read Kesey’s “Sometimes a Great Notion” and/or “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”.
    I’ve heard lots of people say “I’ve seen the movie.”
    Most people have not seen “…Notion” movie, and “…Cuckoo…”, though very similar, ain’t even close to the book.

  2. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | June 22, 2007 at 8:42 pm |

    Thanks for the advice, JD. Oddly enough I don’t think I’ve read either one. I’ve heard of them, and did see the Cuckoo movie.