Your characterization of it is insulting and ridiculous. Can we drop it?ī: You should really read this book, though. You know, lonely, childless, semi-literate.ī: Look, I said I was sorry. Don't you have things you're supposed to be doing?ī: You should get off the Internet.

Look, I happen to like both these writers a lot, okay? Maybe we should just stop here.

J: HEY, woah! Where's all THAT coming from?ī: Okay, sorry, I didn't mean. You're just mad because you don't have any Pulitzers or babies, and you never will! You know that's how Jimi Hendrix died, right?ī: You're jealous. J: And it also made me want to fall asleep. (clears throat) Actually, I hated the beginning. J: (more distinctly) I didn't like the beginning. J: (makes small shrugging motion, mumbles incoherently) What do you think this behavior is all about, J? Michael Chabon is a highly gifted writer, and so his wife, who is also an extremely caring and wonderful mother, much better than you'd ever be. MC: Guys like Jonathan Lethem don't have my vocabulary.ĪW: I bet you get a Pulitzer for this one, babe.īookster: Jessica, what the hell is your problem? What are you even talking about?ī: Do you know anything ABOUT these people?ī: You know, I happen to love this brilliant novel. You know, guys like Jonathan Lethem would give their left nut to come up with ideas like this. they're into comic books! I mean, REALLY into comic books.ĪW: Comic books? Jewish boys living in Brooklyn in the middle of the last century, who're really into comic books? Oh Michael, do you think the world is ready for a novel like that? Such a drastic break with the entire history of American literature - it could be risky! MC: But not the Brooklyn of today, Ayelet, no - Brooklyn during the middle of the last century!ĪW: Oh, Michael - you're a genius! No one's ever written a book like that before!ĪW: Don't tell me - no, no, do! DO! Tell me right away!!! MC: Yes, some - some JEWISH boys! And they're.ĪW: They're what, Michael? What are they doing? MC: Ayelet - I have an idea! An idea for my next novel! Let's focus on thinking of something innovative, new, a bit wild. The important thing is that we're together.

We had 'em when we left Andronico's.ĪW: Ah, fuck 'em. Hey, where are the kids?ĪW: The kids? I don't know. Maybe I should ask the kids, they're creative. MC: Yeah, I need an idea that's totally original. There have been so very many novels written over the years, it's hard to come up with something new that's never been done before. Something nobody's ever thought of before!ĪW: Wow, Michael, that's a tough one. MC: Ayelet, I'm trying to think of a new idea for a novel. Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman are drinking Peet's coffee and eating zampanos in front of the Cheeseboard on Shattuck Avenue.

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