Here I am desperately trying to respect a writer I adore who has written a book I DON’T. Do you think I manage it?
- Surely if Jack and his mother had been THAT hungry, they'd have eaten the bloody magic beans. Now that would have been a story.
Here I am desperately trying to respect a writer I adore who has written a book I DON’T. Do you think I manage it?
It could be worse, you know. You could be reviewing Jeffery Archer!
Seriously, all good writers sometimes write bad books (I mean, I live Bovary but what was all that St Julian the Hospital stuff all about?)
With Ben Elton, as you hint, it is the early stuff that is great – well worth a re-read.
On another note – am desperately keen to interview you for http://www.atasteofgarlic.com – please say yes! I bet you’ll sell a million books as a result!