Harry Potter article in NY Times tod

[jferer]

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From: jferer
Subject: Re: Harry Potter article in NY Times tod
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Date: 8/13/00 7:59 pm  (ET)

don't worry about the rant, Alicia/Sue. Witty and amusing invective is
the most entertaining writing you can get.

The intensely insular and self-absorbed world of the literati just can't
stand anything too popular, and they can't get used to the notion that
what people like are *stories*, where you wonder what's going to happen
next, with heroes and villains. We've been doing it since we dabbed blue
mud on ourselves and listened to stories about Beowulf or Anansi around
a fire.

The only reason you think "A Separate Peace" is the worst book is that
you haven't read "The Return of the Native".