This legislation really blows
By adamg - Fri, 10/10/2008 - 10:44am.
The Globe reports that state representatives reached a last-minute compromise under which "Moby-Dick" would become the official state "epic novel," rather than just the official state "book."
Compromise became necessary when representatives from Concord (Hawthorne and Alcotts) and Salem (where Hawthorne set a couple of novels) wailed and urged their fellow lawmakers to do the right thing. Presumably, they celebrated the compromise, which now goes to the state Senate, with a Harpoon.
What's next? An official state detective novel? Of course, we already have an official state children's book (one guess).
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No?
The state book isn't "Das Kapital"?
Official state detective novel?
Well, how about novels? Just use the Spenser series. There you go, problem solved, rhetorical question answered, I'll take my reward money in tens and twenties.
Wait a minute there, pal....
As much as I love the Spenser books, let's not forget Dennis Lehane. No, I'm not referring to "Mystic River" but rather the Kenzie-Gennaro series which began with "A Drink Before The War". Each book is dark in that peculiar Boston way, where layers of suspicion and assumptions seem to influence every move a person makes.
I'll take that drink now, bartender.
Arrrrgggghhhh
The official state epic novel. Wonderful. I can sleep easy now, knowing that's been settled.
Is it any wonder that Question One might pass?
Maybe the next referendum can be on making it illegal to conduct any business in The General Court other than real honest-to-goodness state business?
Just amazing.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
MA state legislature is officially out of session
from (I think) July 31 to the end of any even-numbered year, they can only pass non-controversial legislation; even one "no" vote kills a bill until the following year.
I think one of Hawthornes
I think one of Hawthornes would have been a better choice, the rep from Salem had a point...
If the Great and General
If the Great and General Court would only stick to literature, we'd all be a lot better off.