Re: Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Flannery O'Connor

Nicely done.  I mean, *really* nicely done.  I always get a little
rush (or sometimes a big one) whenever I experience a kind of epiphany
that reveals a common theme threaded through a series of books,
movies, ideas, etc., that I have ingested over time.  This newest
column of yours provided just this sort of rush.  Many thanks.

Best wishes,
Matt Cardin

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Kleffel) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I just saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the first time last week. 
> I was struck by how well it was done and by the similarities between
> it and Flannery O'Connor's famous story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'. 
> My newsgroup message turned rapidly into a column for my website, to
> wit:
> 
> http://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2003/11-25-03.htm
> 
> It's a sort of Thanksgiving column...if you eat humans.  I'd be
> curious to hear what others have to say about it. [And the new format,
> expanded news.]  Well, now I'm off on a family journey of my own, two
> kids and the dog in a van -- but we won't be picking up any
> hitchhikers.
> 
> We also have two, count 'em two reviews of the new John Connolly
> novel, UK only Bad Men.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rick Kleffel
> Editor, The Agony Column Book Reviews and Commentary
> http://trashotron.com/agony