The novel can’t compete with cars, the movies, television, and liquor. A guy who’s had a good feed and tanked up on good wine gives his old lady a kiss after supper and his day is over. Finished.
ATTRIBUTION:
Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), French author. interview, June 1, 1960, repr. In Critical Essays on Louis-Ferdinand Céline, ed. William F. Buckley (1989).
