Re: Similar authors?

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>         I don't think that it's been discussed, but if it has - forgive
me.
> I was browsing the Amazon site and I did a search wherein I clicked on an
> author whose work I enjoy reading (in this case Salinger, of course) and
it
> brought forth additional authors I'd also supposedly enjoy.  The ones
listed
> were Michael Chabon, Rick Moody, and Hunter S. Thompson.  I don't know
much
> about these people.  Has anyone read any of their work?  Does anyone
think
> that they would be enjoyed by someone who enjoys Salinger?  I'd be
> interested in hearing your thoughts on this.  Thanks.  Bye.

I for one have only heard of Hunter S. Thompson myself. As for a
Salingerlike writer I always say Heinrich Boll, whose `14 Stories' rivals
JD's `9 Stories' in greatness. If you ever come across it I reccommend
`Murke's Collected Silences' and `In The Valley of the Thundering Hooves'.

Camille 
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