I finished it at last. For the first hundred-and-fifty pages, although it was not really my sort of thing, I thought it was so well written that it would be churlish not to give it 5 stars, but then...
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I finished it at last. For the first hundred-and-fifty pages, although it was not really my sort of thing, I thought it was so well written that it would be churlish not to give it 5 stars, but then...
I am within the last fifty pages now. I am getting a little exasperated by Citrine now. It's all very well to mooch around Madrid, contemplating death, but I wish he would just declare himself...
I still have over 100 pages to read.
Although I have never watched Curb Your Enthusiasm, I can imagine Larry David as Charles Citrine, except that he is about ten years too old.
Citrine is very...
My favourite passage so far:
As I was meditating on Humboldt, the hall buzzer went off. I have a dark little hall where I press the button and get muffled shouts on the intercom from below. It was...
I thought it was brave of Bellow to have a long philosophical discussion on the subject of boredom in the middle of the book. I think I detect a slight bit of mid-book sag.
I am wondering about the title too. Is it gift as in present or gift as in talent?
I think I see Mel Brooks as Humboldt. I am not sure who I would cast as Charlie Citrine.