Yeah, yeah, but the end result is the same: steering clear of those shelves in bookstores. Ugh.
But chick lit is shelved with general fiction! You can't steer clear of it! (...Unfortunately.)
Maybe it's just that I'm really attached to his books on a personal level, and not just on a literary, aesthetic level.
Perhaps so.
AaB was freaking hilarious. I mean, Will could be seen as a ridiculous caricature, except for the fact that he was lying through his teeth a lot. I think part of what's great about Hornby is his ability to write brutal honesty (and brutal not-so-honesty) in a really funny way.
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Date: 2006-11-12 02:34 am (UTC)But chick lit is shelved with general fiction! You can't steer clear of it! (...Unfortunately.)
Maybe it's just that I'm really attached to his books on a personal level, and not just on a literary, aesthetic level.
Perhaps so.
AaB was freaking hilarious. I mean, Will could be seen as a ridiculous caricature, except for the fact that he was lying through his teeth a lot. I think part of what's great about Hornby is his ability to write brutal honesty (and brutal not-so-honesty) in a really funny way.
I could see that.