The Case for Bad Books

It all started when I asked for some short reads on this sub.From the comments I selected 3 books.

I started with Ray by Barry Hannah. It was a nice fun read. Barry Hannah's use of syntax was the highlight. I liked it the most.

Next, I read Pynchon’s crying in Lot 49. For which I over-prepared and the book under-delivered. I was disappointed, because for the efforts I had put into it ,it was not a rewarding read (Stans will say it is great because it was not meant to be rewarding).

Then at last I read A Short Stay in Hell by Steven Peck. It’s a very fast-paced, easy read. The writing from the beginning is not uhmmm literary. Why do you say it was poorly written? IDK, it just felt that way. SSAH is a nice quick pulpy read-it’s basically a B-rated movie (similar to the film ‘Platform’).

Peck made me realize I was hard on Pynchon. Pecks' book is the opposite of Pynchon’s. The disappointment when I finished COL49 disappeared after I finished SSAH. I started to get Pynchons greatness .Now I’m happy that I read these 3. Hannah is the GOAT, though.

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