This is the perfect opportunity for me to recommend DG Myers' site to Seawall readers. Visit it often and your time will be well invested ... As for the point in contention, I can only repeat (I hope the sign of an unresourceful but not a narrow mind) that Heller leaves the reader to scramble for a consistent attitude toward its portrayals and actions, and that's just fine -- but in no way does Heller attempt to trump the cynicism she plants there in the first place. THE BELIEVERS is a novel with a shrewd marketing plan, a story to charm a broad range of readerly attitudes. And I'm one of the charmed.
DG Myers' "A Commonplace Blog"
This is the perfect opportunity for me to recommend DG Myers' site to Seawall readers. Visit it often and your time will be well invested ... As for the point in contention, I can only repeat (I hope the sign of an unresourceful but not a narrow mind) that Heller leaves the reader to scramble for a consistent attitude toward its portrayals and actions, and that's just fine -- but in no way does Heller attempt to trump the cynicism she plants there in the first place. THE BELIEVERS is a novel with a shrewd marketing plan, a story to charm a broad range of readerly attitudes. And I'm one of the charmed.