Retroland: A Reader’s Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction
A veteran reviewer's opinionated tour of modern fiction, with the opinions left firmly in.
Peter Kemp, long the chief fiction reviewer for the Sunday Times, sorts several decades of novels into themes and says plainly what he thinks of each. It is closer to sustained argument than to reference, and its value depends on wanting a well-read critic’s actual judgements rather than a neutral survey.
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Tyler Cowen
Peter Kemp, Retroland: A Reader’s Guide to the Dazzling Diversity of Modern Fiction. Is this an actual book, or just some smart guy running off at the mouth and writing what he really thinks? Would I prefer the former? No!
Source · November 2023
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