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From: "James Jordan" <jbjordan@gnt.net> Subject: (urth) PEACE & Percy Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 18:08:41 I'm in the middle of moving my office --thousands of books -- and I cannot re-read *Peace* and engage this discussion. By the time I'm ready to, you'll be finished. So, just a thought, which may or may not be of value. The drifting style of *Peace* reminds me a whole lot of Walker Percy, especially *The Moviegoer.* I don't recall similarities of themes, but of course there are similarities in the writers' backgrounds and convictions, and given Wolfe's interest in Catholic writers, I wonder if he had read Percy before writing *Peace.* I wrote Wolfe a few years ago, preparatory to my interview with him, and asked if he considered himself in any sense a "Catholic novelist" or a "Southern novelist." He answered "no" to both. But that would not rule out influence. Perhaps if noting else, a question to him about this when next someone interviews him would be in order. FWIW. Patera Nut. (Nutria) *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/