Re: Similar authors? - Rick Moody

Jonathan Moritz (Jonathan.Moritz@utas.edu.au)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 10:56:40 +1000 (EST)

>... 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?

Rick Moody wrote "The Ice Storm" - I raved about the movie and Salinger
allusions in a post on 29/4.  Ang Lee's movie interpretation is an
improvement on the book in many ways, but both book and movie I highly
recommend to Salinger readers.  Two families of characters, the children
are the heroes (in my view), as opposed to the complications and occasional
phoniness of the adults who have spoiled the American dream.