the future of fiction?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

I had exactly the same reaction: that it was chick-lit in disguise; chick-lit (and chick-flix) being an insidious form of sexism in typecasting women as people who are interested primarily in romance, domestic stuff, shop-'til-you-drop crap, etc.  The publicity with Pessl chatting about food and her husband exactly played into that mentality.

Laura

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>From: bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>

>
>I'd avoided the book after reading a very brief review because it 
>sounded like some kind of specialty variation on "chic-lit" (gag). 
>But a friend whose taste I generally trust recommended it so I'm now 
>about 1/3 through it.   My first impression was correct.   I'm going 
>to try to finish it but if it wasn't for my friend's recommendation I 
>wouldn't bother.