Kaufman was probably right about stage plays, but Eve Tushnet’s novel sounds like the kind of stuff I loved when I read novels in my misspent youth:
Eve Tushnet’s wonderful debut novel Amends takes place during the first and only season of a doomed reality television show about alcoholism.
If you are as old as I, you might say that Tushnet is Terry Southern’s legitimate heir. Southern’s best were Candy and The Magic Christian.
Go to this link to see an impressive list of Southern’s screenplays that include Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Terry Southern - IMDb
Here is another heads up for younger Americans who enjoy hilarious satire from the past:
Finally, to me a satirist only achieves immortality when readers disagree but cannot help cracking up at the humor. Terry Southern (1924 - 1995) and Robert Gover (1919 - 2015) aced the test. Both are gone but the humor is still there for younger Americans.
p.s. Based on Kate Havard’s review, I’d say that Eve Tushnet ain’t closing on Saturday night.
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