http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/i-couldnt-handle-all-the-judging The weblog of The Quarterly Conversation Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:41:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/i-couldnt-handle-all-the-judging/comment-page-1#comment-1973 Monday Morning Stepback: Jane Austen Fight Club, Metaphors, and Chocolate on My Tongue « Read React Review Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:27:01 +0000 http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/?p=1923#comment-1973 [...] The Constant Conversation, “I couldn’t handle all the judging”, about a woman who actually uses newsprint to cover hardbacks of which she is ashamed to be seen [...] [...] The Constant Conversation, “I couldn’t handle all the judging”, about a woman who actually uses newsprint to cover hardbacks of which she is ashamed to be seen [...]

]]> http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/i-couldnt-handle-all-the-judging/comment-page-1#comment-1908 Jeff Waxman Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:49:28 +0000 http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/?p=1923#comment-1908 Exactly the problem, Jonathan! It's not trashy at all. It's brilliant, but marginalized by genre and loaded down with a cover that could keep it from a wider readership, even as it attracts the skulkers and mystery readers. That cover could keep it from the people caught up by appearance and unwilling to discover a great, gritty Irish-American crime novel in dialogue. Exactly the problem, Jonathan! It’s not trashy at all. It’s brilliant, but marginalized by genre and loaded down with a cover that could keep it from a wider readership, even as it attracts the skulkers and mystery readers. That cover could keep it from the people caught up by appearance and unwilling to discover a great, gritty Irish-American crime novel in dialogue.

]]> http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/i-couldnt-handle-all-the-judging/comment-page-1#comment-1907 Jonathan Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:40:55 +0000 http://quarterlyconversation.com/constant/?p=1923#comment-1907 I have Friends of Eddie Coyle on my shelves, with a less garish cover. I think I bought it at an independent bookstore in Blue Hill, Maine, in 1989. Is it really that trashy? I can't wait to read it again to find out!! I have Friends of Eddie Coyle on my shelves, with a less garish cover. I think I bought it at an independent bookstore in Blue Hill, Maine, in 1989. Is it really that trashy? I can’t wait to read it again to find out!!

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