Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Great Regulars: Occasionally, a barrage of reviews

of a new book just makes me weary--oh, you again, I think. Surely this is partly why writers like John Updike and Philip Roth or Joyce Carol Oates, who publish frequently on such a high level and get many reviews, land in bookstores with such comet tails of chattering class irritation. They deny us the opportunity to talk about something--or someone--new.

from John Freeman: The Guardian: theblogbooks: Has reading about books replaced the real thing?

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