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Originally Posted by Quoth
TBH, the very idea of that book sounds suspect. I'd be put off by the blurb.
Lots of stuff sells well and many people don't finish and I'd never start. Like "Fifty Shades of Grey".
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“Popular” isn’t persuasive for me; it’s probably more of a contraindication. But the serious press, the NYT, the WaPo and the Guardian, took this seriously. Historical fiction based on actual people and events can be fascinating and illuminating, but Fowler proved to be no Mantel.
It’s possible that Booth the person is inherently more interesting to Americans. In any case, dragging
Fifty Shades into this as a point of comparison is absurd at best.