Friday, July 18, 2008

Noodles and Cheever

I am having little luck paying less than ten bucks for lunch. Today I
hit the Noodle Ranch in Belltown. I have never been there for lunch.
It was as I remember - decent food, friendly service, a bit slow. I
had Udon, which was much better than "Bullet Park," the John Cheever
novel I'm reading for the non-drinking book club. I'd heard of Cheever
but knew nothing about him. The book is what I'd call Hemingway in the
suburbs, though that really does a disservice to Hemingway. There's
lots of men drinking and fighting and making love, but there are too
many asides and loose ends and just bad writing. I suppose I should
Google what others think of Cheever and his book...

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