OMFG Torrents of Spring is so awful! And he was nasty to Fitzgerald in it, too, and he wrote it to get OUT of his contract with Boni & Liveright who had taken a chance on him when nobody else would, and they correctly thought his first full-length novel would be a smash. Foreshadowings of a Moveable Feast. Which is beautifully written, but so vindictive and bitter.
(And the whole Hemingway/Fitzgerald size check thing....lordy.)
I did not remember that from D&O, but that sounds SO Orwell. I get the feeling he really did like talking (and listening) to people.
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Date: 2020-12-01 05:24 pm (UTC)(And the whole Hemingway/Fitzgerald size check thing....lordy.)
I did not remember that from D&O, but that sounds SO Orwell. I get the feeling he really did like talking (and listening) to people.