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To: freekitty

I always felt that he was a media creation by the left, his writing didn’t do anything for me.


11 posted on 07/13/2009 8:48:28 AM PDT by ansel12 (Romney (guns)"instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people")
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To: ansel12

I liked Old Man and The Sea. Beyond that, he was great at imagery.

The rest, incoherent.

This makes sense, however, him being a spy. He basically hated himself, and was a miserable human being. That he’d hate his country? One follows the other.


17 posted on 07/13/2009 8:57:41 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: ansel12

Me either and I agree. My husband did a paper on this and his liberal professor surprisenly agreed.


20 posted on 07/13/2009 9:03:10 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote.)
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To: ansel12

Well, that’s your opinion but dare I say there are millions that have an opposite view. I believe more than one or two of his books were on the best seller list.


24 posted on 07/13/2009 9:29:04 AM PDT by fish hawk (Lord, help us to attain knowledge and the wisdom to apply it toward your ultimate will.)
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To: ansel12

I agree, I think it was a scorching case of the emperor’s new clothes.

Freegards


26 posted on 07/13/2009 9:37:32 AM PDT by Ransomed (Son of Ransomed Says Keep the Faith!)
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To: ansel12

I never saw what was so great about his writing either.


31 posted on 07/13/2009 10:09:51 AM PDT by kalee (01/20/13 The end of an error.... Obama even worse than Carter.)
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To: ansel12
He revolutionized English prose. He's been endlessly imitated.
54 posted on 07/19/2009 8:35:30 PM PDT by Borges
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