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I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief Tashmere Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 03:44:32 AM
impression on what little I have read. It didn't neccessarily make sense but I enjoyed it anyway. I startled myself by laughing out loud in one part. I smiled through several parts because he has an imaginative way of depicting people.

I have been wondering how to explain what it did for me and today I finally came up with a comparison. It was a little like watching an episode of "Seinfeld". There wasn't much of a plot. It didn't need one. It was just a series of amusing and improbable incidents, with eccentric characters, that were cleverly worded and described. I hope that comparison doesn't insult anyone's sensibilities but the basic pattern is similar.

I worked 14 hour days all this week so I didn't have enough time to read before but I have a few days off now so I hope to join in the discussion tomorrow.
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