Re:Please, Let's see your take on Joyce Maynard's distillation of

Roberta Russell (russellk@sprynet.com)
Sat, 03 Oct 1998 13:12:25 -0400

Dear Will,
Where is your review coming out/ Can you post a copy on this list or send it
by email?
All the best.
Roberta Russell

WILL HOCHMAN wrote:

> My review of _At Home in the World_ is coming out tomorrow and it's pretty
> negative but I too think JM had a right to write the book--it's just not
> very good, though it does offer some Salinger info that is apopos...for
> example, JM describes a scene with champagne that harkens back to the
> ending of "A girl I knew," and getting a sense of Mr. Salinger's
> eccentricity was colorful...I guess I enjoyed news of the author even
> though I knew it was hurtful to him...probably what i enjoyed most was
> JM's inclusion of Salinger telling her how she writes gossip and nothing
> of importance...I think JM is a phony with a fine hustle going and she's
> milking it for all it's worth and I can't deny that I've been enjoying the
> process...but at the same time I'm teaching a seminar where students are
> mostly in Salinger texts and believe me, that's where the real fun
> is...will