September 2011
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“But the specter of the slut is inhibiting even in a relatively permissive...”
– Elaine Blair’s review of Nicholson Baker’s “House of Holes”
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“Certainly the very mixed quality of the books on the long- and short-lists for...”
– Paul Bowes in a Not The Booker discussion of Chris Morton’s debut novel, “English Slacker”.
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On Sloppy Writing: Lev Grossman's "The Magicians"
Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians”, published in 2009 and “The Magician King”, published two years later, are best-sellers and critically acclaimed. Grossman is an alumnus of Harvard and Yale. He’s a senior writer and book critic for TIME. With all those credentials, it’s natural to expect that his writing would be nothing short of virtuosic. The first...
