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Dressing Down the Primitives

By Kate on March 13, 2005 12:26 PM | 3 Comments

I've mentioned American novelist and conservative opinion columnist, Mark Helprin, on multiple occasions. John Anderson's article in the LA Times is a good read. Recieved via email, I've made it available here.

A new novel by Helprin - "Freddy and Fredericka" - is due out in July.

3 Comments

rob | March 13, 2005 1:34 PM

Ha.... this was probably intentional on your part Kate, given the comments flying in the other topic.

howie meeker | March 13, 2005 1:47 PM

His prose is very beautiful,but Helprin has been a crank for over a decade, and peddles non stop doom and gloom.He then passes off his prescriptive mistakes as signs of a more nuanced,sophisticated thinker.Like the entire bunch of nutters that write for The American Conservative.There isn't a whole of difference between Helprin and Eric Margolis.

Thom L | March 14, 2005 7:35 AM

Nice comparison Howie. Did I miss Margolis' big apology for being wrong about almost everything?

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