http://www.litkicks.com/BeatPages/msg.j ... rrated2006The Overrated Writers of 2006
Here they are, the LitKicks Overrated Writers of 2006: Philip Roth, Joan Didion, William Vollmann, Cormac McCarthy and Jonathan Lethem
It is a good thing I am barred for life. I might have made a comment like:
What about Dan Brown?
But seriously I bow to his astute comment about Philip Roth. Brooklyn knows childish.
Philip Roth's world view is essentially childish. His most successful writings are about young people, but the formula turns sickly when his characters grow into adults, because the existential self-actualization of a mature adult is beyond his scope. The classic Roth character is terrified, helpless and about to throw a big fit. By the time his characters get old and prepare to die, as in the new Everyman, they may become resigned, but there is little evidence that they ever become mature.
