Comments for Vice and Verse at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Fri, 24 May 2013 05:17:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/vice-and-verse.html#comment-123 When Mailer stuck a knife in his wife, he was merely (I guess) honing his artistic edge. He was quite keen about exploring the larger terms of morality, like Marx who let his family drift in penury while he strived to bring paradise back on earth. Ever was it so. For such moralists, the big picture is self projected on the big screen while those close at hand are ground to powder. The vision may be attractive, but it is made of shadows. The actual flesh and blood is ignored, dispised, or both. - Joe Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:15:20 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/vice-and-verse.html#comment-124 Excellent commentary - I would like to recommend Joseph Pearce's "Literary Converts" as the stories of those who have gone in the opposite direction. - Paul Coats Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:14:43 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2008/vice-and-verse.html#comment-125 Wonderful essay. I tracked down and ordered from Amazon Johnson's book, "Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky". Can\'t wait to read it. - Mason Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:14:21 +0100