Comments on: WEST OF HERE by Jonathan Evison /2011/west-of-here-by-jonathan-evison/ We Love to Read! Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.18 By: poornima /2011/west-of-here-by-jonathan-evison/comment-page-1/#comment-2967 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:10:35 +0000 /?p=16193#comment-2967 Doug, thanks so much for your kind comment. Especially high praise coming from a reader (and reviewer) like you! Thanks!

]]> By: dougbrun /2011/west-of-here-by-jonathan-evison/comment-page-1/#comment-2966 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:28:38 +0000 /?p=16193#comment-2966 P ~ Thanks for the review. Insightful and clear-headed as always. I’m a member of the book club at The Nervous Breakdown. (It’s my way of supporting the site, since they have the patience and whatever else it takes to keep me as a contributor.) The books all come from Algonquin, which continues to impress me with it’s titles. This book, West of Here, arrived last month. I gave it to my neighbor who called it “great.” The previous month I was sent The Visiting Suit. Carole just finished it–today actually–and liked it very much. Algonquin seems to be a publisher who is carving out a niche in the marketplace by bringing new and interesting writers into print. (Hell, they even contacted me–an idea totally contrary to their apparent strategy!)

When I read your reviews I’m reminded of a comment J.D. Salinger made. He had just purchased a Magtag washer dryer and the saleman quoted Ruskin to him–something about where quality counts, price doesn’t. He related the story to Lillian Ross and said, “God how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be.” You are such a good private reader!

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