Another Snub

The New Yorker follows up its snub of 2666 with a dismissive capsule review of The Kindly Ones. (As a consolation of Littell, at least his book made it into the magazine.)

It actually is nice to see a publication like The New Yorker more or less ignoring books that it thinks don't deserve space, regardless of publicity. One wishes other publications of similar magnitude would do the same, rather than parcel out great tracts of faint (or uncomprehending) praise.

Also, in the case of The New Yorker, they cover such a small amount of new fiction to begin with that their snubs don't carry quite the bite that they might otherwise.

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