Anyone want to discuss Actress in the House?
[It is] a novel of such astonishing complexity that it is almost unreadable—and I mean that as a compliment.
—Andrew Essex, The Village Voice[6]
>>9846581
Fuck I haven't read that yet. Read the first 4 pages though. Seemed intense. Does it keep that intensity up? I read ancient history and a smugglers bible if you would like to talk.
>>9846596
The first couple pages are insanely well written to the point that I know for a fact it cannot be kept up.
>>9846693
But he did that with ancient history. That's what he does.
>>9846581
can i have a sample?
>>9846693
I really wish i felt the first four pages were extremely well written. I have no idea how you can say something like that
>>9848203
http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/bookworm/joseph-mcelroy-part-1-of-2/excerpt-from-actress-in-the-house
>>9848212
Not extremely, insanely.
What do you like?
>mcelroy, desperate for money, has been bribed by his publisher into only writing ebooks
>its destroying his career
why
>>9848813
what did the above user mean by his post?
>>9848813
>bribed by his publisher into only writing ebooks
how would that even make sense