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Halberstam's Firehouse

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Moderator1, Aug 25, 2007.

  1. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Give us some details, what did he get wrong?
    Also, fill us in on this eulogy.
     
  2. Moddy --
    Halberstam -- The master of efficiency?
    Every other book, maybe.
     
  3. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Well, this one and Teammates both told a great story in very few words.
    I realize some of his books go on and on and on **** but he can be pretty damn efficient.
     
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Fenian, He is a model of efficiency, the likes of which has never been displayed with such efficacy. Each book is a monument; a towering testament to a sparse, yet wonderful wordsmith, and each of his creations is nothing short of an exercise in literary simplicity. Words are never wasted; rather, they evoke simple, yet vivid imagery that builds and builds, until you find yourself tearing at the page in the midst of a literary orgasm. It's big stuff. Brilliant stuff. The stuff that legendary books are made of. The stuff that stuff is made of.
     
  5. jgmacg

    jgmacg Guest

    Nicely struck.
     
  6. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    That's good stuff, Ragu, and I generally like Halberstam.
     
  7. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Outstanding.
     
  8. Birdscribe

    Birdscribe Active Member

    I love Halberstam... and that is so well-played, Ragu.

    Garry Trudeau would be envious.
     
  9. Oh, well shit then.
     
  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

  11. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Great stuff. My favorite part:

    Once, at a Manhattan dinner party, he interrupted a lengthy disquisition by a famous network anchorman and demanded that he cease being an asshole.


    You could love that kind of guy very easily.
     
  12. Jones

    Jones Active Member

    Thanks for posting that, Ragoo. Terrific.

    Ten bucks says the anchor was Dan Rather.

    And the story included a line from Halberstam, after Wooten got his column in Philadelphia, that a lot of people could do to print out and pin to the wall above their desk: "Don't stop being a reporter. The best columnists are reporters. The others are, well, the others are just columnists."

    The Breslins of the world would no doubt agree.
     
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