![]() ![]() But being paid to review a book is surely not as compromising and unhelpful as the reviewer being friends with the author, which Hornby invariably is. ![]() "Being paid to read a book and then write about it creates a dynamic which compromises the reviewer in all kinds of ways, very few of them helpful," he claims. This is of course perfectly reasonable - everyone dislikes reviewers (especially reviewers) - but his reasons for disliking them seem disingenuous. He complains frequently about reviewers, including those on .uk ("They're bastards"), though his real rage is directed towards the "clever-dick reviewer". ![]() He doesn't regard himself as actually reviewing any of the books he writes about, reviewing books being an activity he regards as far beneath him. Hornby's world-weariness and waywardness are, as always, entertaining, if not always enlightening. ![]()
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