tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post2435142348715312115..comments2024-02-13T02:30:15.796+11:00Comments on Minerva Reads: Steve Toltz, A fraction of the wholeSue Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11128625746717614768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post-68299710201445601392009-06-05T00:22:40.723+10:002009-06-05T00:22:40.723+10:00Nice catch Sylvia. Comic opera is a good way of lo...Nice catch Sylvia. Comic opera is a good way of looking at it I reckon. It certainly has a crazy OTT element to it. Someone else I know related it a little to Tristram Shandy. Long time since I read that but I can see her point. Anyhow, I look forward to your further comments when you've finished it.Sue Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128625746717614768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500590946775347522.post-35904769521075525842009-06-04T23:15:58.165+10:002009-06-04T23:15:58.165+10:00This book is a bit like a comic opera. It is way o...This book is a bit like a comic opera. It is way over the top in many of Marty's exploits -- from the typing up of the The Criminal handbook and getting it published to his making millionaires of Australians and marrying one of the recipients never thinking that Eddie may be involved in mismanagement. He seems so simple yet claims to be a philosopher. And all his rantings about death -- so tedious. <br />Very clever book with 'novel' ideas but slightly crazy. I have yet to finish it so maybe my opinions may improve.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16278307570287553504noreply@blogger.com