Word: bellow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though the names of the novel's characters have the ring of Restoration comedy, Money owes much of its drive to contemporary American fiction. Unlike most British novelists, Amis projects a large and raucous vision. He seems to have learned his heightened personal voice from Saul Bellow, the humorous uses of inverted logic from Joseph Heller and his naughty bits from Philip Roth. In fact, Self can be just as shocking and funny as Alexander Portnoy, an accomplishment not likely to go unnoticed. Amis' new novel should have feminists calling for blood and entertainment packagers trying to raise the ghost...
...thought criminal." But there is a soft underbelly to the Ralph Rotten story, a sense that he delights in his pastime of epaler le bourgeoisie. "Watch this," he'll say, winking to the older customers perched on their stools by the counter, and then he'll direct his stentorian bellow towards he rear booths: "Hey Lucy, put your feet on the floor!" "Lucy" is his collective name for all women; when asked about it he le laurels, surprised. "I don't know--'Lucy,' it sounds cuckoo. I use it to embarrass them a little bit, I guess, so they...
...WITH HIS FOOT IN HIS MOUTH AND OTHER STORIES by Saul Bellow. A vibrant cast of big shots and shlemiels stumble painfully and comically through the Nobel laureate's latest collection of short and long stories...
...clear our vocal cords, give a little cough, and bellow for reform. Then, think a little. Democratic National Committee Chairman Charles Manatt pipes in with the advice that the next nominee come from somewhere other than the northeast or midwest. Others say, let's tap the New Generation of leaders who can lead us into...
Ironweed was turned down 13 times, frequently with the comment "Who wants to read a book about a bum?" Bellow did, and afterward wrote a stern letter to Viking, the house that originally rejected the book: "That the author of Billy Phelan should have a manuscript kicking around looking for a publisher is disgraceful." The admonishment worked...