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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Flying To America: 45 More Stories: Review quote

Barthelme’s parlor tricks and satiric ploys were accused early on of being cerebral, preeningly clever, hermetically sealed, and lacking in “heart”of supplying the clattering sound track to the cocktail party of the damned.


-- James Wolcott at BookForum.com

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