He's just saying the subject is shit. Which
> is every critic's right, isn't it?
>
Charlie,
I'm not sure it is. The critic has the right to explain why
he thinks it's shit, but to make it clear why that's his
opinion. No critic should force that opinion on others.
I enjoy all types of crime fiction, though not at extremes. I
don't like the real ultra-cozy any more than I like an overly
sadistic and violent hard-boiled, but I wouldn't stop anyone
else enjoying them, and I wouldn't go out of my way to force
my view on others.
I must confess to being more fascinated with Sayers's life
than with her fiction, but I don't deny I always used to
enjoy the Wimsey but preferred Montague Egg -- the
soft-boiled sort, of course!
Mike A.
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