Notes From Friday, October 3rd, C.B Reading new Saul and Patsy

Begins with passage regarding California brother's surprise visit
in black BMW

Seems to emphasize Midwestern depth vs. Western superficiality

Such funny pretentiousness

"dorialium"-- ?

Obsessively detailed & still witty

Reminiscent of Palmer's "take nothing as yours" &
Hemingway's "Hawks don't share"

What he is selling: familiar middle class existence, also contemporary
sense of isolation, yet depth of nuptial relationship
see also L.M.

Gist of book: familiar, sturdy, dependable, if slightly
neurotic depiction of "normal" (bland?)
Midwesterners vs. the rest of the world

The A2 audience reaction: Everyone loved him.

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In other news...
I learned a new word from Matt the other day:

Pithy.

To which I would counter with another adjective:

Eleemosynary.

(my dear watson)