tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post6092691796695670781..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 524: The Farmers Hotel / John O'Hara (Bantam A2203)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-5191971546984007252012-05-09T16:19:20.102-07:002012-05-09T16:19:20.102-07:00Darn it, I really have to finish my To Read pile f...Darn it, I really have to finish my To Read pile first... but I'm hankering after this book and the Somerset Maugham one...Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-59279239416381049212012-05-07T09:33:44.715-07:002012-05-07T09:33:44.715-07:00"Get out of your heterosexual mindset - The h...<i>"Get out of your heterosexual mindset - The handsome couple from Philadephia"</i><br /><br />We're still left with only seven of eight people described. Anyway you slice it, <i>someone</i> of some gender is being treated on the back cover like the Professor and Mary Anne were in the first season <i>Gilligan's Island</i> theme song.Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-15537019245611549762012-05-07T05:50:36.299-07:002012-05-07T05:50:36.299-07:00Whoa ... that is weird. I was thinking that this e...Whoa ... that is weird. I was thinking that this edition would be paginated identically to the earlier edition, but then when I went back, I looked *only* at the fact that I had written "Page 123" and thus thought "Weird, they must be paginated differently." I clearly didn't even read the quotation I'd used. <br /><br />So strange to have picked precisely the same line from that page.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-34382555193154072112012-05-07T04:30:51.226-07:002012-05-07T04:30:51.226-07:00Great cover and a great analysis. And I like this ...Great cover and a great analysis. And I like this one better than the other edition. But I'm confused. The page 23 quote here is identical to the page 123 quote in the other edition. Did you just not mention the lack of 123 pages before or is the one with the Barye Phillips cover the super-large print version?DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-60862356158009013442012-05-06T18:01:39.164-07:002012-05-06T18:01:39.164-07:00By all means, do read the book. I have, and I love...By all means, do read the book. I have, and I loved it. It'a terrific slice-of-life short novel, which made me feel as if I was right there with the characters in that little inn (and wanted to be). An interesting modern comparison might be with Stewart O'Nan's "Last Night at the Lobster," about the last night of business at a Red Lobster restaurant (and as it happens, "The Farmers Hotel" takes place on the opening night of its establishment, so it's a nice contrast).Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-43255087361883960462012-05-06T15:38:46.607-07:002012-05-06T15:38:46.607-07:00@Tulse - Get out of your heterosexual mindset - Th...@Tulse - Get out of your heterosexual mindset - The handsome couple from PhiladephiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-48066531993799462222012-05-06T15:02:53.090-07:002012-05-06T15:02:53.090-07:00The back cover is a man short -- who's the fif...The back cover is a man short -- who's the fifth guy? It's driving me crazy...Tulsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-63382694705963624192012-05-06T09:42:05.253-07:002012-05-06T09:42:05.253-07:00I'm an avid follower of your blog, but this po...I'm an avid follower of your blog, but this post in particular really impressed me with its insight and appreciation of the nuance of a cover that was only intended to shift a few copies decades ago.Keirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780519140837852601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-91773104507699309002012-05-06T09:39:36.617-07:002012-05-06T09:39:36.617-07:00I, too, love this cover. The picture is very noir-...I, too, love this cover. The picture is very noir-ish and just perfect. I think every noir film is required to have a staircase like that.<br /><br />I'd like to think the guy is Lee Harvey Oswald. That would open up a whole new set of conspiracy theories, with that blizzard and all!Titus Groanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14632029785458036525noreply@blogger.com