Take heart, Stan, Separation begins badly, gets much worse, but will end up being the best Richard Rohmer novel you've ever read. Credit goes to the whole Lady Hawk sub-plot, which you'd almost think was written by someone else.
If that seems a bit harsh, it's because I'm a bit down on Rohmer right now. Here's why:
Separation Two is nothing but Separation with a few chapters added.
No exaggeration, exxaggeration or exxaggeration UK. It's something I discovered an hour or so ago.
I know how enthusiastic Chris is for Balls!, but I suggest we tackle Separation Two with Separation fresh in our minds.
Does this say anything about Ultimatum 2?
How far ahead are you reading, Brian? People get very prickly -- I'm told by the internet -- when their partners binge watch TV without them, and then pretend they haven't. Also, if I didn't tell you elsewhere, I told the charming C. Freeland that your high esteem for her included the thought she had a place in the cabinet, and she said, "We'll have to win a general election first."
ReplyDeleteI'm not ahead at all. I stop my Rohmer reading at the end of each book and don't pick up the next until I know everyone else is finished. The reason I know the awful truth about Separation Two is that I'd stored somewhere in the back of my mind that Roussel was in it. Is it a sequel to Separation? Nope, just a reissue with bonus tracks. And I'm not giving it a spin until Stan is finished.
DeleteCharming Chrystia Freeland gives a politician's answer, because that's what she is now. Me? I would've said something like, "Goodness. The head swells", inviting all sorts of trouble from Sun News Network and their dozens of viewers.