K-Lo: Know what you mean. I’ve been getting angry e-mails from lady

bibliophiles, too. All I can say is: read the original P.J. article, then

go argue with him. To facilitate this I have put it up (as an Acrobat PDF

file) on my website: go here then

click on the link that says “P.J. on books” at bottom left. Since I am

putting myself at hazard of a copyright lawsuit here, to mollify the good

people at Literary Review, please send $60 for a year’s subscription to

“Literary Review Subscriptions, Freepost LON 17963, London SW20 8YY,

England,” and tell them I sent you.