The Godfather: Peter Corris on literary vs popular fiction #2
From time to time discussion still arises about the difference between literary and popular fiction, and their respective merits. Those of us interested in the topic...
Read MoreFrom time to time discussion still arises about the difference between literary and popular fiction, and their respective merits. Those of us interested in the topic...
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Read MoreI remember some years ago seeing a snatch of John Denver in concert. At the end of a song he opened his arms and said to the adoring audience, ‘He sings, he plays, he...
Read MoreI’m unlikely to do any major travelling again and, reflecting on this, I fell to thinking about sights and places I’d like to have seen and never will. Oddly, this...
Read MoreHanif Kureishi’s new novel about a would-be biographer and his famous novelist subject charts a process of disillusionment. If a biographer’s role is to ‘show the world...
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