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In today’s NYT review of The Creator’s Map, Emilio Calderón, translated by Katherine Silver, Penguin Press. $24.95;
It takes real skill…to write a successful bad novel
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In today’s NYT review of The Creator’s Map, Emilio Calderón, translated by Katherine Silver, Penguin Press. $24.95;
It takes real skill…to write a successful bad novel
Well said, Richard Eder.
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July 29th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Isn’t it less about the book and more about the marketing when bad novels are successful? and then there’s the general reading public who seem to be willing to believe that it has to be good if it’s a bestseller…