(urth) AEG in NYRSF

[John Watkins]

I thought the character's speech patterns were recognizably those of George
W. Bush as well.  I don't think anything of Wolfe's attitude toward the
former president can or should be divined from the character, though--I
think Wolfe, who very obviously enjoys characters with idiosyncratic speech,
was just having fun.

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:01 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I have only just received my copy of the the August edition of the NYRSF,
>> where Darrell Schweitzer reviews AEG.  He comments that the President is
>> "not recognizably a caricature of any specific president".  But could he be
>> based on LBJ?
>>
>
> I don't think it's a caricature but it's pretty obviously inspired by G.W.
> Bush. Since it's a NY publication, perhaps Schweitzer thought he was doing
> the book a favor not to highlight that.
>
> J.
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