He named his six best books for the Daily Express.One title on the list:
A Fan’s NotesRead about another book on the list.
by Fred Exley
Exley is for me one of the greatest of 20th century American writers. He writes about himself, of being a writer and other writers. At the same time he describes his own descent into alcoholism and time spent in mental hospitals. My favourite sequence deals with the filthy corruption of a soap opera from Exley’s couch-potato viewpoint.
--Marshal Zeringue
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