I enjoyed this blog on bad writing:
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I'd started to read The Historian late last year and given up, finding the writing portentous. It was nice to have the view confimed by analysis.
But
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(which had triggered the previouse blog) seemed to go over the top in its attack Zadie Smith's On Beauty. The criticism was based on a single example of a poor metaphor. I really enjoyed Smith's book even though I wasn't favorably disposed at the start as I hadn't got into White Teeth. I know lots of moderately literate people who enjoyed On Beauty as much as I did. Dr Zen has an overdeveloped canon of correctness.
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Andrew,
You're right, it's a ridiculous criticism, especially when you consider that Dr Zen's greatest irritation is self-indulgence, something he himself is rather guilty of. He is, in short, a tosser. For those playing at home, note how few comments he receives...
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