Talk:A Fan's Notes

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I have never heard of this Fowler person nor his connection to Exley and A Fan's Notes. Could you provide a source to back this up? Inoculatedcities 02:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

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"The title comes from Exley's articulated fear that he is doomed to be a spectator in sports as well as in life." During the events in the novel, Exley is making no effort whatsoever to be anything more than a spectator of sports. I am going to replace this with a sentence that makes more sense:

"The title comes from Exley's fear that he is doomed to be a spectator in life as well as in sports." I don't have the book in front of me, so I can't say for certain that this fear is specifically "articulated," so I've omitted that word as well. 71.48.42.145 (talk) 22:30, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Also:

A Fan's Notes sold poorly in hardcover but was still hugely successful by literary standards. Exley soon became something of a Hemingwayesque celebrity among New York literati. In a sense, the success of the novel vindicated Exley by guaranteeing him the fame and recognition he so deeply sought.

this appears under the heading of "synopsis." This is not part of the book, & belongs more properly under Frederick Exley, if anywhere, though it's understandable to confuse Exley's life and his novels. All the more reason to be careful about such things! One who hasn't read Exley might think that the novel had some metafictional fooferaw in which Exley enjoyed literary acclaim for his first novel as part of the novel. I'm taking it out; if anyone wants to add a section on critical reception and sales, go to it. Bustter (talk) 22:49, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

The "Synopsis" section needs to have a synopsis in it. What's there now is a scatter-shot grab-bag of some of the book's elements, but it does actually have a storyline, as I recall. Bustter (talk) 22:56, 31 May 2009 (UTC)