[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

He should stick to documentary and literary and social criticism. There are few chasms of reality than between a critic's non-fiction and his fiction. It is in trying to cross this divide that most critics display their inability to create believable, substantial, and captivating fiction and to critique their own works objectively.

The Painted Word, From Bauhaus to Our House, and The Right Stuff are all excellent. I couldn't get through Bonfire. I tried, just couldn't do it.

[Rummyfan]

Wolfe had a collection of essays and a couple short stories - one of which was a chapter that was dropped from the published edition of A MAN IN FULL - out a couple of years ago. It was very good. Many of the subjects he touched on there turn up in CHARLOTTE SIMMONS: the soul versus neuroscience, the mainstreaming of homosexuality, the situation on our campuses, etc. I'm sorry I cannot remember the name of it.

[Rummyfan]

And RADICAL CHIC .....