Lisa Scott Quote

Julian Barnes' won the Man Booker in 2011. I couldn't make head nor tail of it (I understood the words, they just weren't linked up in a way that made such an accolade rational), plus it was boring. I don't need wizard schools or dragons, but shouldn't happen in a book? Isn't that what plot means? Don't you hate worthy books that make you feel like a thickie? There is something about them: 'Everyone else understands this astonishing work of fiction, except you, you low-brow gimp.

Lisa Scott

Julian Barnes' won the Man Booker in 2011. I couldn't make head nor tail of it (I understood the words, they just weren't linked up in a way that made such an accolade rational), plus it was boring. I don't need wizard schools or dragons, but shouldn't happen in a book? Isn't that what plot means? Don't you hate worthy books that make you feel like a thickie? There is something about them: 'Everyone else understands this astonishing work of fiction, except you, you low-brow gimp.

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