A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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A Legend In His Own Minefield
A Legend In His Own Minefield
Saturday December 18, 2010

Saturday December 18, 2010

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Saturday December 18, 2010
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As I immerse myself in The Rich Man’s Table, his imagining of the life of Bob Dylan, I find myself wondering ever more implacably if Scott Spencer is the best living writer in the English language. He lacks E. E. Doctorow's moral ferocity, and his technique, paragraph by paragraph, doesn't compare to Martin Amis's, but for sheer originality of perceptio…

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