'This remarkably tedious novel': Michiko Kakutani skewers Martin Amis
New York Times reviewer of The Pregnant Widow has a wince with words for English novelist
It is the curse of the English novelist. First, you have to sit back and take it on the chin as literary critics from the British papers hurl rotten tomatoes at you then, just as the dust has settled and you are starting to pick yourself off the floor, the American edition of your novel comes out and it is the turn of Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times to give her verdict.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
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