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Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
New York, 2:03 PM
Thu Dec 3
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Not entirely true. I don't have a novel.
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I was being kind of a wiseass there (and seriously, I don't have a novel)--though I'm no stranger to crushing sour grapes. You have paid me the compliment of giving my crack a better response than it deserved. And I agree with your point.
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To me, hating on Eggers, and everything he's accomplished -- even if it's not all of equal quality -- is the litmus test that singles out People Whose Primary Entertainment Is Finding More Things To Hate.
Seriously, save it for the real literary phonies. I don't think there's a shortage of those around.
05/21/09
Name names, please. I need a prompt.
05/22/09
Then there's the whole fraudster set represented currently by James Frey (whose books I actually like, though).
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Old school and insiderey! I like it.
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I, however, enjoy my fair share of cliche authors, so to each his own. No hate, just love.
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I am over 35, so I am free to loathe his work with a clear conscience and am never presented with a dogeared paperback and urged to give him another chance.
05/21/09
You people don't know thingfuckone about the economy, do you.