Now that the advanced class focus groups have started, this kind of criticism – the sharp, nasty kind – is not required thank you very much. Fun to read, though perhaps not so nice if you’re on the receiving end . . .
Still, criticism can have a useful function: here Clive James identifies what exactly makes bad writing –
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/dan-brown-inferno-clive-james-da-vinci-code/#.UtaMYPRdU1I
and Michael Deacon has a bash at producing some himself –
Dan Brown fans need not be offended. As Mr James points out, ‘the less his talent, the more amazing his achievement’!
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