Comments on: Thursday Evening Book Reviews http://authorscoop.com/2010/02/18/thursday-evening-book-review-4/ The Latest in Literary News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jamie Mason http://authorscoop.com/2010/02/18/thursday-evening-book-review-4/#comment-8542 Jamie Mason Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:15:57 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=8970#comment-8542 I agree. And I think there are plenty of sturdy reasons for disliking human beings. Well articulated, you'll still get points. But I still wouldn't invite him to my Superbowl party. I agree. And I think there are plenty of sturdy reasons for disliking human beings. Well articulated, you’ll still get points.

But I still wouldn’t invite him to my Superbowl party.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://authorscoop.com/2010/02/18/thursday-evening-book-review-4/#comment-8539 Chris Johnson Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:41:24 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=8970#comment-8539 I happened to read the Atlantic piece about Montherlant last week. It's quite good -- nuanced, too. He wasn't so much a misogynist as a frank realist about himself; he had very jaundiced attitudes toward both men and women. He believed pleasure to be the most important goal in life, nearly to the exclusion of all else. This led him to some ugly places, such as open collaboration with the Nazis. But several of the excerpts from Montherlant's novels included in the article show him to have been a very astute observer of human behavior. I happened to read the Atlantic piece about Montherlant last week. It’s quite good — nuanced, too. He wasn’t so much a misogynist as a frank realist about himself; he had very jaundiced attitudes toward both men and women. He believed pleasure to be the most important goal in life, nearly to the exclusion of all else. This led him to some ugly places, such as open collaboration with the Nazis. But several of the excerpts from Montherlant’s novels included in the article show him to have been a very astute observer of human behavior.

]]> By: Rob http://authorscoop.com/2010/02/18/thursday-evening-book-review-4/#comment-8538 Rob Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:18:11 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=8970#comment-8538 A propos your ode to smoking - me too, though the re-pinkening of my lungs will be a lifetime process. Jeremy Irons is partly to blame, as per http://poetinahat.blogspot.com/2007/02/elementary-my-dear-everett.html So a cigar is never really just a cigar. Sometimes it's a cigar and a friend. A propos your ode to smoking - me too, though the re-pinkening of my lungs will be a lifetime process. Jeremy Irons is partly to blame, as per http://poetinahat.blogspot.com/2007/02/elementary-my-dear-everett.html

So a cigar is never really just a cigar. Sometimes it’s a cigar and a friend.

]]>