tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post1612817415707318716..comments2023-09-01T21:37:23.259+09:00Comments on Mr. Jeremy: A Confederacy of DuncesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-58502123558906916792012-05-28T06:45:17.722+09:002012-05-28T06:45:17.722+09:00Hi Brent. Thanks for the comment. It's Interes...Hi Brent. Thanks for the comment. It's Interesting that Myrna Minkoff's folk-music campaign caught your attention as well. You have had a busy month with that blog! Keep up the great work.Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987234655882699991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-46661277042762117722012-05-28T02:55:04.773+09:002012-05-28T02:55:04.773+09:00For what it's worth, I've offered some com...For what it's worth, I've offered some comments a couple weeks ago re A Confederacy on my blog: <br><br> nelsonbrent.blogspot.com <br><br>I gave it the title "Worth Reading Again." Only now have discovered your blog.<br><br>Brent N.brent nelsonhttp://nelsonbrent.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-27793838258498726872012-05-23T06:24:05.236+09:002012-05-23T06:24:05.236+09:00My son is old enough now for us to enjoy many of t...My son is old enough now for us to enjoy many of the same books. That's one of the great joys of fatherhood.<br><br>I appreciate you following along via RSS, Scott. I write this blog mainly to keep myself accountable, but it's great to have good company on the journey!Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987234655882699991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-54016607770212523812012-05-23T03:27:57.862+09:002012-05-23T03:27:57.862+09:00Regarding Patrick McManus, same here long time sin...Regarding Patrick McManus, same here long time since ought to find a copy and reread. Been many years but I was reminded of him last week as my son has appropriated the books we had written by McManus and occasionally entertains his wife reading from them out loud as we did many years ago when he was young. <br><br>Jeremy, I have you now in my google reader and look forward to your continued reviews of good books read well.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-23351675414552340642012-05-22T06:17:43.659+09:002012-05-22T06:17:43.659+09:00Thanks for sharing your perspective, Scott. Patric...Thanks for sharing your perspective, Scott. Patrick McManus is an author I haven't read in a long time. I used to love his books. Gonna have to find one somewhere for a reread!Jeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987234655882699991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564997237970749048.post-33135933609592536382012-05-22T01:46:24.913+09:002012-05-22T01:46:24.913+09:00Jeremy, Thanks for the article. Enjoyed seeing t...Jeremy, Thanks for the article. Enjoyed seeing the book through your eyes. For sure my favorite part of the book was how "the disparate threads of the zany plot all wind together in a surprising yet oddly fitting way at the end." Though I agree the author did not "revel" in immorality and definitely did not include such descriptions of sexuality as to titillate - Yet I do wish the same book could have been written without any of that. Reading "Confederacy" upon Moore's recommendation has made me stop and examine my own motivations for reading fiction, and my ability to enjoy a work like "Confederacy." I actually read the whole book through and failed to laugh out loud even one time. There were a couple of sections I read to my family and they laughed. I can enjoy an uproarious book, for example those by Patrick McManus, in which he describes his own childhood and crazy characters like "Retch Sweeney." So, I'm not sorry for reading the book, but on the other hand wouldn't recommend it and maybe even I would recommend against reading it. Perhaps my problem is I don't have the depth to "get it" and understand why it is a great work. Perhaps in the midst of all the crazy humor there was a darkness hanging over it all. Though also, and I don't consider myseful a prude, definitely I did not care for the treatment of the sexual topics. <br><br>I did like the way the author exposed the harm of a Mrs. Levy type applying her pscyoanalysis to Trixie. Or also the tracing of effect of the railway workers carelessly handling the baseball game during shipping, which characteristic carelessness diminishes the business of railway shipping, which cuts the profits, which hurts the railway workers who then go on strike, which finally destroys the railway and they all end up unemployed. Perhaps the "unintended effect" described in that scenario is in a nutshell what happened as all of Ingatius' unintended effects were wrapped up to the profit of the good and the destruction of the bad.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772782406743899142noreply@blogger.com