Starry eyes
Mildly bummed by this one-star reception of Personal Days on Amazon ("I'd rather drive spikes into my forehead than read this again"—ouch!), I was thrilled today to see this wonderful review by Robert Dupont of Brooklyn, which manages to invoke both The Magic Mountain and Charles Portis! Thanks! I needed that!
(What's that? No, I do not obsessively check my Amazon page every two hours...why do you ask?)
II. From Andre Agassi's memoir Open, which I'm live-blogging:
"Stratton Mountain, I conclude, is my magic mountain. My anti-Wimbledon..."
Labels: Andre Agassi, PD reviews
posted by Ed Park @ 9:18 PM
2 Comments:
10 bucks says that fellow was laid off in the last year and is still sore about it.
Keep in mind that the one-star reviewers of your book also write reviews like this one, on handbags:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A20CR5MK7Q8M6Z/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp
I am all for opinions, but the voicers of opinions should also be rated.
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