Mark asked:
>Could this whole crime fiction that is literature
label really tell us
>more about the person making the claim than about the
book in question?
Yes.
>Could it be that those making these claims feel
insecure about enjoying
>genre fiction and feel a need to elevate any they do
enjoy to give it
>legitimacy?
Yes, and those who in turn automatically sneer at academics
are just as full of it. Snobbery cuts both ways.
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