“ For obvious reasons, the relationship between novelists, the reviewing establishment and critics in general is chronically, and often acutely, edgy. A kind of low-intensity warfare prevails, with outb… John Sutherland
“ The American critic Dale Peck, author of Hatchet Jobs (2004), argues that reviewing finds its true character in critical GBH such as Fischer's [review of Martin Amis's Yellow Dog]. It represents a ret… John Sutherland
“ [Books are] vital to learning. Half the population don't go to football matches but that doesn't make football any less important. John Sutherland
