A sad and beautiful world

[The Great Quail]

> I was so pissed off by the audacious and arrogant last sentence of his
> introduction that I refused to read the novel.  He writes: "If we, citizens,
> do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar
> of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless
> dreams".  I think I threw the book across the room.  I've heard from others
> that it's very good though.

I think it is definitely worth reading -- it's such a unique subject! But I
fear Martel is a touch arrogant, and that shows up here and there throughout
the book. At times I found the book too deliberately clever; but still, I do
recommend it overall.

--Quail