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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Yet more Larry.

A critic on an incident in the book: "These two girls ended up on a slab. But for him it's narrative gold to be used for personal purposes."

James: "Um, I don't want to get into commenting on what is said on other shows. I stand by the essential truth of my book. ... The essential truth of the book ... is there... The emotional truth is there... I have remained sober for thirteen years... When Jerzy Kozinski's Painted Bird came out and was a great success people said he never went through the holocaust... [Larry: "And Jerzy killed himself... I'm not suggesting...!"] [UD: The Kozinski example is a poor one. Painted Bird was indeed a fraud. A notorious one.]
Posted at: 1/11/2006 09:41:00 PM