Brits can't hack it - official!

[Ya Sam]

Now that's an outright hypocricy, Ishiguro lambasting creative writing 
programmes in the States whereas he himself is a graduate of such a 
programme in England. He has the cheek to flaunt his inability to read 
anything by Pynchon besides Lot 49, I would have been ashamed if I were him! 
It's not that British literateurs should copy Pynchon (James Flint's Habitus 
comes to mind), God forbid! But, please, do not produce paroquial 
pseudo-philosophical piffle like Amsterdam and then crown it with the award 
it did not deserve. On the other hand, if they gave Booker to someone really 
deserving and cancelled the ceremony if the particular year had been 
unsuccessful, then there would be big gaps between the winners.

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