Re: Drive-by book review

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Changez = Xerxes, by the way.


Posted by: ogged | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 9:16 AM
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He's a tall drag queen? Suddenly the book makes more sense.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 9:28 AM
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I've just started reading it, but I have the impression so far (from the hint-dropping in his speech) that the underlying background for Changez' transformation will be the tacit assumption of the people around him that lives in the Muslim world are worth less than American ones.

The main barrier for me at this point is the artificiality of the monologic form. It's the same reason I find a lot of epistolary novels hard to get into.


Posted by: DS | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 10:15 AM
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2: No wonder he can't fit in at the office. Dress codes require pants!


Posted by: Cala | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 12:12 PM
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The main barrier for me at this point is the artificiality of the monologic form. It's the same reason I find a lot of epistolary novels hard to get into.

Huh, that's the only thing I've heard that inclines me to read this book.


Posted by: bitchphd | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 12:20 PM
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Yeah, I liked the form, though it invites the author to do some overly obvious things.


Posted by: FL | Link to this comment | 04-30-07 1:21 PM
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I couldn't work out for some time what the reference to a gym in Leeds in this post was about.

I suppose it's hard to adjust to your home town being used as a synonym for terrorism. Ho hum.


Posted by: Alex | Link to this comment | 05- 1-07 4:46 AM
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