"Seymour: A Disaster" or a "Kitsch Saint"
Sundeep Dougal (holden@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in)
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 16:35:19 +0530
I suspect I had read this particular piece in some anthology or the
other, but today while desultorily looking at the NYRB archives on the
web, I stumbled upon this 1963 review of RHTRB & S:AI which, IMESHO,
offers many a conversational theory ("sheer crap or priceless"):
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/WWWarchdisplay.cgi?19630200018R
and lines like the following may well account for the genesis of
Hapworth, as has, of course, been noted by many critics and
commentators, about our man's responsiveness to criticism:
<quote>
"We are told for example, that Seymour 'was an inspired
non-stop talker,' but we get none of the talk, inspired,
non-stop, or other".
< end quote>
Nothing new, I know, but still thought that those who haven't read it
before may be interested.
Sonny