Comments on: The Lemur by Benjamin Black (James’s book 19, 2009) http://www.26books.com/2009/08/the-lemur-by-benjamin-black-jamess-book-19-2009/ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:10:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: diane http://www.26books.com/2009/08/the-lemur-by-benjamin-black-jamess-book-19-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-32111 diane Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:08:33 +0000 http://www.26books.com/?p=708#comment-32111 Sorry this title did not work out for you. I have not read this author yet but do have one book by him. Sorry this title did not work out for you. I have not read this author yet but do have one book by him.

]]> By: Ian http://www.26books.com/2009/08/the-lemur-by-benjamin-black-jamess-book-19-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-32105 Ian Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:47:54 +0000 http://www.26books.com/?p=708#comment-32105 A few people have told me that Underworld's very good, I'm just wary of devoting so much reading time to someone who could write such godawful tripe. A few people have told me that Underworld’s very good, I’m just wary of devoting so much reading time to someone who could write such godawful tripe.

]]> By: James http://www.26books.com/2009/08/the-lemur-by-benjamin-black-jamess-book-19-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-32102 James Sun, 23 Aug 2009 10:19:44 +0000 http://www.26books.com/?p=708#comment-32102 I have read <em>Cosmopolis</em>, and I'm still angry that I'll never get those hours of my life back. <a href="http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=5" rel="nofollow">Unlike Shane</a> I loved <em>Underworld</em>, but <em>Cosmopolis</em> was just embarrassing (although I seem to have said that DeLillo's "every word is worth reading" in my post on <a href="http://www.26books.com/?p=68" rel="nofollow"><em>The Fallen Man</em></a> - which was a mistake). By the time the main character was having his prostate examined in the back of a limo, I was stabbing my eyes out with rusty forks. I have read Cosmopolis, and I’m still angry that I’ll never get those hours of my life back. Unlike Shane I loved Underworld, but Cosmopolis was just embarrassing (although I seem to have said that DeLillo’s “every word is worth reading” in my post on The Fallen Man – which was a mistake).

By the time the main character was having his prostate examined in the back of a limo, I was stabbing my eyes out with rusty forks.

]]> By: Ian http://www.26books.com/2009/08/the-lemur-by-benjamin-black-jamess-book-19-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-32084 Ian Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:15:15 +0000 http://www.26books.com/?p=708#comment-32084 God, James, that sounds abysmal. Have you read Don DeLillo's Cosmopolis? The Lemur sounds like it's the same flavour of rubbish. God, James, that sounds abysmal. Have you read Don DeLillo’s Cosmopolis? The Lemur sounds like it’s the same flavour of rubbish.

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