Talk:Leon Uris
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[edit] Uris' last two books
Note: Many of Uris's fans are of the opinion that his last two books, A God in Ruins and O'Hara's Choice, were so poorly written and so different in style from any previous work that they must have been written or heavily edited by someone else.
Actually, my opinion is just the opposite. I think Uris was a great story teller, and excellent researcher, but it might be possible that he was an atrocious writer who was improved by good editing. And that in the last two novels, there was no editing, which was why they stunk so badly. I can't prove this; it's just a theory. I've noticed the same pattern with another of my one-time favorite authors -- Frederick Forsyth. The Dogfather 16:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
- I just looked at his obituary, and it says that O'Hara's Choice was coming out in October, and he died in June. So when he died, it was already in the can and at the printer's, right? So there would be no time for a ghostwriter to come in. I agree with the above opinion: it was Uris' only book for HarperCollins, which is notorious for having weak editing. So your assumption is probably correct, they just ran it with almost no editing. Sad, really. --K72ndst 21:32, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
Edit I put in a word about the extreme Zionist slant in his writings on the Isreal-palestine conflict, I like his writing but I felt it needed said. I haven't read his last two but your assesment has the ring of truth to it.
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- Actually, Exodus is not so tendentiously Zionist that the Palestinian Arab characters are not rendered human and believable. But The Haj is utterly revolting; I think that I was unable to finish even a first reading, Uris's racism made it utterly devoid of realistic foils for his Israeli characters. 66.108.4.183 05:21, 3 November 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth
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