tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576804529126714608.post2605847734518361148..comments2024-01-31T13:51:35.011-05:00Comments on ABC OF READING: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE: Two sentences.Thomas McGoniglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262994278231611143noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576804529126714608.post-53456240000060331072008-09-17T15:56:00.000-04:002008-09-17T15:56:00.000-04:00Jesus, Tom, what a nice sentiment.I'll remember it...Jesus, Tom, what a nice sentiment.<BR/><BR/>I'll remember it when I read your two-column-inch obit in Newsday, or, if the luck of the Irish holds, the Times.<BR/><BR/>The poor son of a bitch was given ECT this summer.<BR/><BR/>You can make a Hemingway joke about that, too, but just remember Faulkner got ECT in 1952, halfway through writing A Fable, and came out of it to write The Mansion, The Town, and The Reivers. Which are not Light In August but are better than A Fable.<BR/><BR/>DFW couldn't come out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com