Newsflash: Man Booker long-lister not actually a chimp

Everywhere I look, authors are coming under fire for trying too hard, for being too smart, too witty, too “look at me, I’m a writer”.  Viz. Zacharek’s review on Salon of Lorrie Moore’s latest, Justin Jordan’s dissection of Will Self’s Liver, and James Lever’s confession of excessive brilliance.  -Ed Scripsi