IVIV Hope Harlingen: ( spoilers)

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Alice:
 
> I'm not a big fan of reviews. First reads are not worth 
> publishing. Needed to promote the works and so on, but 
> rarely worth my time.
 
I mostly agree, but there are fortunately a couple of notable
exceptions, first and foremost Richard Poirier, who recently
passed away. His reviews of Lot 49 and GR read like fully fledged
critical essays - a pretty astounding feat.
 
Also, Louis Menand's review of M&D come to mind as particularly
worth reading.
 
The reviews of AtD, on the other hand, were mostly depressing. But 
then again, reviewers were only given a month or so for the job,
so Penguin Press is partly to blame for the poor quality of most
AtD reviews.
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