tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post6504143231102068733..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: The year I graduated ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-67825081682138737862009-06-20T10:23:54.126-04:002009-06-20T10:23:54.126-04:00"Guard of Honor" won the Pulitzer, a rar..."Guard of Honor" won the Pulitzer, a rare instance of their getting it right. I have read that more than one critic/observer judges it THE best American novel of WWII. I don't know; there are a couple others just as good, but none better.Roger K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824450347713824892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-22200279743799411672009-06-20T08:24:37.460-04:002009-06-20T08:24:37.460-04:00Cozzen's Guard of Honor is very fine, one of t...Cozzen's Guard of Honor is very fine, one of the best novels about military command. Also very funny.cguerinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669393235135523622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-79644890777808083432009-06-19T22:10:02.285-04:002009-06-19T22:10:02.285-04:00'Nother thought: 1959 was the year everything ...'Nother thought: 1959 was the year everything changed for me, too, but for a prosaic reason: I was faced with finding a full-time job after graduating from high school. Fortunately, I found one, and a pretty good one. It was easier to do that then, I think, than it is now.Roger K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824450347713824892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-76090812564267642862009-06-19T18:20:11.273-04:002009-06-19T18:20:11.273-04:00Criticism truly is, as Mencken said, prejudice mad...Criticism truly is, as Mencken said, prejudice made plausible, and I find Prescott's list of prejudices -- Marquand, Cozzens, Auchincloss, Richter, Hersey, Cary, Snow, Godden, Waugh -- eminently plausible. Marquand, America hath need of thee. Then again, there are a few in the first listing that I think are incapable of being overpraised . . . but that's prejudice!Roger K. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824450347713824892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-82047492812193586652009-06-19T18:09:52.951-04:002009-06-19T18:09:52.951-04:00Oh dear,
The second list is, with the exception ...Oh dear, <br /><br />The second list is, with the exception of Waugh, Cary and Snow, completely unknown to me. <br /><br />Time for some research/book buying.Jonathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-61707572687305911262009-06-19T17:43:06.862-04:002009-06-19T17:43:06.862-04:00Well, he would, wouldn't he?Well, he would, wouldn't he?Frank Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-7273794464622553712009-06-19T17:25:59.603-04:002009-06-19T17:25:59.603-04:00Fred Kaplan says "I swear, it really is the y...Fred Kaplan says <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2220751/" rel="nofollow">"I swear, it really is the year everything changed."</a>Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.com