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Spy novelist Hunt writes,
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Watergate has made E. Howard Hunt
famous. To a few readers he was famous long
before Watergate under pseudonyms such as
Robert Dietrich and David St. John. Hunt has
written 47 books. Many of which are being
republished now.
As with most authors, fame has brought
about an intense re-evaluation of Hunt's books.
To learn more about this the Daily Nebraskan
visited Prof. Holly Graille, an authority on
Hunt's "yellow period". (These are Hunt's
earliest novels so called because of the yellow
legal pads he scribbled them on.)
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Daily Nebraskan: We all know that Hunt's
work is highly symbolic. Would you expand on
this as evidenced in Hunt's yellow period?
Graille: Ah yes! This was an important
formative phase of Hunt's writing career. Some
Freudian scholars even think that the yellow
legal pads were subconscious desires striving for
honesty and truth.
Daily Nebraskan: Do you agree with that
assessment?
Graille: No, I don't. Honesty and truth have
never been prominent themes in Hunt's work.
Besides I feel the "red period" definitely
destroys the Freudian argument. The red period
is when Hunt actually played out his spy
iscapades, for instance, his involvement in the
flay of Pigs fiasco. Of course, in real life
everything failed and we begin to see
self-destructiveness and self-hate surface in his
characters.
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For example, James Bomb reveals this
attitude of self-hate in a highly emotional scene
in which Bomb puts out a fire in his hair with
an icepick.
But the red period is most associated with
paranoia. Hunt's book, "The Spy Who Was Left
in the Cold" is said to be the Bible of paranoia.
Daily Nebraskan: Were there any specific
things in Hunt's life which you feel have shaped
his writings?
Graille: Yes. I think he was deeply
influenced by early scripts of "The Man From
U.N. CLE." television show. Hunt even
submitted 143 scripts of his own, but they were
all rejected for being unrealistic.
Daily Nebraskan: There are many scholars
who are bothered by Hunt's lack of realism. Do
you consider it a problem?
Graille: Well, some of his poorer works are
not realistic such as Mad Vice and Consent. It's
the story of a two-time loser who finally
becomes president. The hero then fails to fulfill
any campaign promises and is re-elected in one
of the biggest landslides ever. He then is beset
by corruption in his administration, and his
vice-president resigns, along with several others.
In the end the people feel sorry for him and
nominate him for king. As you can see, the
story is so unbelievable I doubt it could ever
happen in a democracy.
Daily Nebraskan: What is going to happer
to Hunt n iw?
Graille: Well he's going to have a lot of free
time to write. I think his future as a writer is
secure. All great writers have spent time in
prison, Doystoyevsky and Clifford Irving to
mention only two. In fact, I've heard that Hunt
already is working on his masterpiece. It's an
expose on the White House entitled One Flew
Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Sop with reissue better left un released
Review by Bill Kohlhaase
The Sopwith Camel, Hello Hello.
This album is one of those reissues that was
better left to collect the dust it deserves.
Sopwith Camel was one of those rock groups
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