Sunday, April 25, 2010

Skewering the Publishing Industry

Having finished the Albom book, I rummaged through my "waiting to be read" piles (yes, piles with an "s") and decided on Foul Matter by Martha Grimes. The back of the book promises an "evil-minded satire of the venal, not to say murderous, practices of the New York publishing industry." That seemed just the thing for a gloomy, rainy end of the weekend. It will be interesting to see what I think of this book by Grimes. The last one I tried that did not feature Richard Jury (The End of the Pier) left me sadly disappointed. I much preferred her treatment of England to that particular American foray. Starting with an open mind....

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