Must be so, so tough

Writing your masterpiece very early on and never reaching those heights again, and knowing it. Some authors having Struck Big kind of stick with that world (and usually f**k it up for themselves/fans - very very rarely improving or adding to the original really, though some of the fantasy worldbuilders do pull it off), Heller definitely tried not to but Closing Time kind of felt like an act of desperation, returning to those characters in the hope he could write something as brilliant again. Sadly he couldn't.

Posted By: Old Man on February 16th 2021 at 20:10:07

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Pub Quiz - Lockdown 3. The A - Z of Random Trivia - Letter Y (General Chat) - Saucerer, Feb 16, 19:05:53
- Pub Quiz - The Answers (General Chat) - Saucerer, Feb 16, 21:17:12
  - Yay (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 22:09:17
  - Wahoo, never in doubt - cheers saucy (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 21:25:31
  - Cheers dude 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 16, 21:24:28
- 👍 (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 16, 20:50:21
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 20:53:05
- Yogi bear was overlooked again. (General Chat) - promethian1, Feb 16, 20:03:56
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 20:31:20
- YMCA (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 19:38:34
  - Yes I've read Closing Time as well....nothing like as good sadly (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Feb 16, 19:44:33
    - Must be so, so tough (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 20:10:07
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:40:31
    - Doesn't scan with an L, does it (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 19:42:06
      - Loveclub. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Feb 16, 20:02:05
        
        Yeah, could see that, actually (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 20:06:29
      - Lodge? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:43:06
        
        ...they're all Freemasons? (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 19:56:03
- Yah mouth (General Chat) - Tombs, Feb 16, 19:33:43
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:34:30
- Yeezy, what’s my winning prize tonight big boy? (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:31:53
  - Tonight Jumbo you win.....drum roll (General Chat) - Saucerer, Feb 16, 20:09:57
    - any Mary option? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 20:32:30
      - Nope. Creosote probably the closest. (n/m) (General Chat) - Saucerer, Feb 16, 20:35:46
        
        Ok, I’ll try the creo, cheers (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 20:50:34
        
        Just make sure camcan's out (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 16, 22:09:30
  - LOLF (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Feb 16, 19:41:54
    - ^in awe of my genius (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:48:11
- Y? (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Feb 16, 19:31:04
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:32:10
- Yellows! (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Feb 16, 19:31:00
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:32:24
- Austin Ambassador Y Reg (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Feb 16, 19:30:31
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:32:37
    - IFE OH LIFE OH LIFE, DOO DOO DOO DOO (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Feb 16, 19:41:15
- Yelp! (General Chat) - Maillot Jaune, Feb 16, 19:24:57
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:32:52
- Yo! M.A.S.O. (General Chat) - Wild Edric, Feb 16, 19:11:41
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:33:06
- 👍🙂 (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 16, 19:10:44
  - L (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 16, 19:33:16

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