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So far pretty decent read. I wish I was more familiar with Barthelme's work more.

Well, the Kindle says 35%. This is a pretty enjoyable book and occasionally sad too. DFW's worries about fame and his desire to be liked on his own terms kinda echoes Kurt Cobain around that time. Lipsky's interjections, perceptions (bracketed in italics) are kind of annoying. Clearly this isn't a real interview but pure hero worship.

The heist...

DeLeon's deal.

Long, smart ruminations on the fairness of the judicial system and and admission by the protagonist Casi of his latent altruism and equanimity makes his obnoxious libertarian colleague apoplectic.

I keep wanting to give up on this book because it's big and sprawling but right when I'm about to he reels me in with something. From this guys pop culture references and his knowledge of the welterweight/battles of the 1980s (Duran, Hearn, Ray-Leonard, Benitez), I can conclude were about the same age, only this cat's Columbian and writes like a bull. Very derivative of DFW. I'll throw in the towel when I've had enuf