tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post5286705745904352229..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 274: Man Divided / Dean Douglas (Gold Medal 407)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-68302769455742319152009-08-20T10:16:17.172-07:002009-08-20T10:16:17.172-07:00consider submitting this one to the book bloggers....consider submitting this one to the book bloggers.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503942337165432288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-18031634657716351802009-08-08T09:29:50.652-07:002009-08-08T09:29:50.652-07:00...a haunting novel of the problems of our times.
...<i>...a haunting novel of the problems of our times.</i><br /><br />Because goodness knows there was no such thing as homosexuality/bisexuality before the 1940s.<br /><br /><br />And my first thought was also Katherine Hepburn when I saw the cover. As for the guy, he looks more like a young <i>Stewart</i> Granger.beggar1015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-47487527634190588312009-08-08T05:16:44.385-07:002009-08-08T05:16:44.385-07:00'Why do I have a feeling that the "woman&...'Why do I have a feeling that the "woman" in the pale green has a voice like Jack Palance?'<br /><br />Well... her skirt doesn't seem to quite hang right. Could it be that that scarf is hiding a rather large Adam's apple?Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-44226301570664617562009-08-07T23:24:00.321-07:002009-08-07T23:24:00.321-07:00I thought the Lauren Bacall on the woman
"Yo...<i> I thought the Lauren Bacall on the woman</i><br /><br />"You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow."<br /><br />It seems oddly appropriate. <i>To Have and Have Not...a World of Woman's Love</i>.<br /><br />Now we just need Walter Brennan to make an appearance -- "Was you ever bit by dead bee?"Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-41299337287087489622009-08-07T18:07:19.048-07:002009-08-07T18:07:19.048-07:00Huh, I thought the Lauren Bacall on the woman, too...Huh, I thought the Lauren Bacall on the woman, too, but also the guy looks like Elvis to me. My first thought was that this artist was lazy about finding people to pose for him and just opened up a Hollywood magazine and didn't bother to sufficiently alter the appearances.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03748531875850601296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-18768041580829290472009-08-07T13:44:06.247-07:002009-08-07T13:44:06.247-07:00Being gay is Man's greatest tragedy and fear? ...Being gay is Man's greatest tragedy and fear? My greatest fear was always going to school naked, and my greatest tragedy was the time I got my foot stuck in a cannon....Dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-59486964657794731032009-08-07T12:38:06.542-07:002009-08-07T12:38:06.542-07:00She looks like she's fixin' to smack the t...She looks like she's fixin' to smack the twilight right out of his head.<br /><br />This book reminds me of Victorian novels, in which no one ever flat-out dies. As a kid, I spent eons trying to figure out whether, in Little Women, Beth had really died or was just going to rest comfortably on the sofa for the rest of the book.Alixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-50948093304919353422009-08-07T11:36:34.946-07:002009-08-07T11:36:34.946-07:00"Miss Hepburn, are you trying to seduce me?&q..."Miss Hepburn, are you trying to seduce me?"<br /><br />Yeah, the "subtlety and compassion" are just coming off this book in waves.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03301077496668834657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-23219081871045462512009-08-07T11:29:34.942-07:002009-08-07T11:29:34.942-07:00There is an actor he looks like, Farley Granger ma...There is an actor he looks like, Farley Granger maybe? Maybe he's just depressed in general, that room is pretty bleak.<br /><br />I was thinking Lauren Bacall/Katherine Hepburn for her. The top button is buttoned. The bottom button is buttoned. Why is she starting (or finishing?) with the middle one? Her face says she wants to punch him.<br /><br />"a world of woman's love" wouldn't that be a <i>different</i> "twilight world" novel?Eunicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692212353227538810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-30284331316906228632009-08-07T11:10:52.092-07:002009-08-07T11:10:52.092-07:00Actually, the woman on the cover has a real Lauren...Actually, the woman on the cover has a real Lauren Bacall/Anne Bancroft thing going. The question is she buttoning or unbuttoning her jacket? The look of disgusted disappointment would suggest buttoning.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-50863019753963626312009-08-07T09:48:30.182-07:002009-08-07T09:48:30.182-07:00"Subtlety and compassion," huh? Actuall..."Subtlety and compassion," huh? Actually, compared to what else was out there on "this forbidden theme," yes, probably.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07715317179656126453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-14655057645128051062009-08-07T09:02:01.123-07:002009-08-07T09:02:01.123-07:00"A man's greatest tragedy - and fear.&quo..."A man's greatest tragedy - and fear." Being cut in half with a machete? Cause that's the first thing I think of when I think of a man divided... maybe he was cut in half because it was twilight and the guy with the machete couldn't see clearly.<br /><br />Oh, and "baton-twirling" might actually be a pretty good euphemism, at that. "Gonna go home and twirl the baton tonight!" ... or maybe not.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084509066376979793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-20698681408658237562009-08-07T09:00:03.116-07:002009-08-07T09:00:03.116-07:00"Bring him from the shadows into the sunlight..."Bring him from the shadows into the sunlight"? Did V. C. Andrews write this blurb?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com