A hack writer who would not have been considered fourth rate in Europe, who tricked out a few of the old proven sure fire literary skeletons with sufficient local color to intrigue the superficial and the lazy.
That is what the kids would call "a burn," I believe. And there are 49 more! Click click, sirs and madams.
Also, thank you michael for sending this along!
I agree wholeheartedly with #12 on the list.
ReplyDeleteThat Faulkner was uber catty! Whoa.
ReplyDeleteI'll second twelve. Go Samuel Johnson. And not just b/c of that Blackadder episode.