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A56344070 - Some Terrible Figs Been Happening
jodanchudan Started conversation Aug 26, 2009
Entry: Some Terrible Figs Been Happening - A56344070
Author: jodanchudan - U14104475
More Max, this time created by shamelessly rewriting bits of the 'Crooks' chapter in Steinbeck's "Of Max and Men". I mean Mice.
A56344070 - Some Terrible Figs Been Happening
minorvogonpoet Posted Aug 27, 2009
I'm not sure this works as well as the others.
It seems odd that Max and the narrator, having been wandering around Britain, suddenly become American. But then, perhaps I'm looking for logic where there isn't meant to be any?
And it's sad. 
A56344070 - Some Terrible Figs Been Happening
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 27, 2009
I agree that it's sad. It's a bit of postmodernism, though - the Steinbeck pastiche is kind of cool.
Whether it works depends on where it's ultimately going.
A56344070 - Some Terrible Figs Been Happening
Magwitch - My name is Mags and I am funky. Posted Aug 27, 2009
jodanchudan, I've completely missed all these
*Catches up*
Really rather good. 
This last one is very
Can we hope for a reincarnation?
A56344070 - Some Terrible Figs Been Happening
aka Bel - A87832164 Posted Aug 29, 2009
I think it works as well as the other stories, but I agree that it's sad. We've got to love Max, and now he's shot dead. 
(I'm only glad there's another Max stories already, and hopefully more, as they're all told retrospectively anyway).
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