Veronica, ha ha! I’ll check out Charles Williams, whom I’ve never heard of before.

Ann, I LOVED The Human Stain! It’s hard to believe the same author wrote both. And he wrote them fairly close together, so I can’t conclude that, say, his early work is better.

J.Kaye, based on the one book by her that I’ve read, I have to agree. :)

Bookworm :) — Glad to hear I’m not the only one! I do feel guilty sometimes about not finishing books, but not guilty enough to keep slogging through.

Lightheaded, I will definitely check him out; thanks!

Laura, yeah, it is very different when you read a book knowing it won a prize like that. Most of the Pulitzer Prize-winners that I’ve read (a very small number) were books I liked a lot, but I always feel like I’m reading them despite the fact that they won.