Sunday, January 25, 2004

Don’t be fooled: the stuff isn’t any good

A good review is usually a good sign that a book has merit. Unless the review is in the NYT: This from a recent statement by Erlanger:
"To be honest, there's so much s---," the new leader of the daily arts section observes. "Most of the things we praise aren't very good."

Changes are about to take place at the NYT Book Review (see link). For one thing, we shouldn’t count on more reviews of fiction. There isn’t enough of a polemic in reviewing fiction. Making up good things to say about authors and their not-so-good books just isn’t very sexy.

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