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More literary insults…and this time it’s personal

bridget whelan's avatarBRIDGET WHELAN writer

Harsh reviewA harsh review got an equally harsh retort this week, not from the author (authors are always told to keep quiet about bad reviews), but a clearly angry man who had helped to propel the novel into the international limelight .

The book is Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North, winner of the 2014 Booker, and the  reviewer – poet Michael Hofmann – quoted Oscar Wilde, saying the book about a Japanese prisoner of war camp on the Thailand-Burma railway during World War II would require a “heart of stone to read without laughing”.

He goes on: “You want love, it says; I got love! You want death? I got it. All the kinds. Any amount. It is all bite, and no chew.” He  ends his lengthy review with the observation that the novel, based on the experiences of the author’s father, had undergone numerous drafts…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

2 comments on “More literary insults…and this time it’s personal

  1. I just placed this book on my goodreads TBR list & shared it on my review page: https://www.facebook.com/InJoyfulBookReviews

    Thank you for posting it.

    It’s ironic that a negative review, especially a pompous one will lead me to the book faster than a five star rating.

    I suppose that tells about my tendency to support underdog.

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