tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208928.post602611654521002213..comments2024-03-28T14:03:55.912-04:00Comments on Start Making Sense: Toe in the waterDaniel Shavirohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14710628584922961682noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208928.post-56827623920386613442016-08-30T22:38:20.876-04:002016-08-30T22:38:20.876-04:00Thanks. I will give that book a look, although I ...Thanks. I will give that book a look, although I am generally sticking to the U.S. and Britain (plus France earlier on), on the ground that in these societies i know more about the social context.Daniel Shavirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710628584922961682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208928.post-74943873188143498312016-08-30T07:48:04.560-04:002016-08-30T07:48:04.560-04:00Great to see that Wodehouse holds interest for you...Great to see that Wodehouse holds interest for you in this area. Wonder if you've ever looked at R.K. Narayan's "The Financial Expert." A striver meets shadow banking.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525376474395224370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208928.post-3998965365349446112016-08-29T21:43:37.751-04:002016-08-29T21:43:37.751-04:00Thanks. Will consider. But I probably will figur...Thanks. Will consider. But I probably will figure that one Tom Wolfe is enough. On the other hand, I'm considering Death of a Salesman even though it's about middle class strivers. (The hook for me there is upwardly mobile Bernard vs. the Loman boys who fail, plus the uncle who went into the jungle and "by God I was rich" when he came out.Daniel Shavirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710628584922961682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9208928.post-46321516294350887382016-08-29T19:15:47.225-04:002016-08-29T19:15:47.225-04:00I have a choice that you might think is odd. Whil...I have a choice that you might think is odd. While it's not fiction, I believe it to be sufficiently literary to qualify. And, it should qualify even though the author is already represented on the list. It's Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff."<br /><br />I've always viewed the book as a story about middle-class strivers. That is, the guys, post-WWII, who bridged the WWII blue collar generation and the financiers who are at the center of "Bonfire." In my mind, the astronauts at the center of "The Right Stuff" were both military-type heroes and, also, rooted in the scientific and academic world. (If you remember the series "My Three Sons," you will recall that the father, played by Fred MacMurray, was an engineer who designed jets. Marry his character with that of WWII soldier/marine/navy types and you get the Mercury 7 guys.)<br /><br />Anyway, give it some thought. Stuart Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917401637732122101noreply@blogger.com