In a message dated 4/6/03 3:39:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
shalanna{at}attbi.com writes:

<< structure wanting or non-obvious--and would like to know why most literary 
 scholars consider its structure very good, and in fact it's in contention 
 for the appellation "Great American Novel" among many people, including 
 me--let me know.  I have some links I could point you to, or I could 
 discourse on the topic.  If, as is more likely, you're not that interested 
 in it (since, after all, it's best to study the type of fiction you're 
 going to write, and the stuff that's being put out now, because that's more 
 at what you want to produce . . . in general, as a rule), I'll shut up now.
 
 
 
 The fishin' line still danglin' from my mouth,
 Shal
 The only thing that flies faster than an F-16 is your guardian angel
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Had to read it in school and have no clue why. but then Tom Robbins was also 
on their list and was also a piece of gauzy curtain.  

Mike S.

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