The reigning queen of daytime TV, Oprah, talks literature with the reigning king of grumpy male novelists, Cormac McCarthy.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
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"I have done with expecting any course of steady reading from Emma. She will never submit to anything requiring industry and patience and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding."--Mr. Knightley on Emma
This is only very mildly related . . . but I was so excited when I found out yesterday that Oprah picked Middlesex as her book club book, because it's one of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteExcept for one very big miss (The Secret) Oprah really has an amazing ability to pick good books, doesn't she?
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