Great Regulars: Carmen Callil, a judge of the prize

and also a notable publisher and historian, withdrew from the panel in protest. "I don't rate him as a writer at all," she told The Guardian."I made it clear that I wouldn't have put him on the longlist, so I was amazed when he stayed there. He was the only one I didn't admire---all the others were fine."

A part of me sympathizes with Callil--not in her feelings about Roth's work, which I think will last, especially his novel, The Counterlife--but for that feeling of outrage when a process which feels reasonable produces an outcome that offends your very core as a reader.

from John Freeman: NPR: What's A Judge To Do?: A Dissenter Protests Philip Roth's Latest Award

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