Trying to re-read Evil Guest

& not succeeding very well. Apart from anything, I keep dreading the appearance of the next deli sandwich. Which is a pity, because normally food in Wolfe novels sounds like something I'd want to eat. Meals tend to come around pretty regularly and they usually add a little something to the pleasure of reading. Anyway, it suddenly occurred to me that Cassie/Dr Chase/Reis resonate with Jolenta/Dr Talos/Baldanders. FWIW, just nice to ponder over.

--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Mr Thalassocrat <thalassocrat08 at gmail.com> wrote: ?Apart from anything, I keep dreading the appearance of the next deli sandwich. I think Wolfe has finally captured the completely realistic horror of modern existence after reading that sentence. He has?matured from fabulism to realism, tackling serious, universal problems. Sometimes I wake up in a cold sweat with just that fear echoing in the back of my mind. "Another f***ng deli sandwhich for lunch today. Probably no getting around it. son of a ..."