Good luck. I've been shilling him on and off for years. Dog of the South is the correct choice for best book so good for you.

A bunch of my favorite authors are in their 80s now so I wrote a them all letters a couple weeks ago. I'll post if I get a response from Portis.

>>8198928
True Grit is awesome.

>>8198928
>i'm going to keep making

Don't do it. See what happened to Gass because of gassposter's obnoxious enthusiasm and insistence to promote him? Now we're starting to get all sorts of people who are clearly unprepared to read Gass making "I can't believe I got memed again, this book is not what I thought it would be, guyz" threads. Then we'll see another breed of smartasses taking cheap shots at his style the way they do about BM ("He crushed the infant's skull, wiped his face with the tortilla and spat."). Just give it time.

I haven't read any Portis. Still, knowing /lit/, I think I may have a point, don't you?

>>8198928
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fuck that shit

>>8199100
I see your point, but I think most people would have an easier time getting into Portis than Gass. Just my two cents.

My mom has been trying to get me to read Portis since the True Grit remake came out and I just can't say I'm very interested in it, for no particular reason. I haven't even given him a chance.

Why should I read him?

>>8199512
greatest living american novelist

>>8199512
No nonsense prose. Off center slice of life stories.

>>8199512
His books are really funny. The Dog of the South and Masters of Atlantis are my favorites, haven't read Gringos yet because I don't want the ride to be over.