Those who live by the book will die by the book’s folly. “After all, as a book man, I should judge a book for its literary merit, irrespective of its subject matter. Poppycock.” The above quote is from Vikram Kapur’s article in today’s [4 Nov] Hindu Literary Review . I would have certainly expected more sense from The Hindu editors than this poppycock from Mr Kapur who claims to be “a book man” but depends more on Google than books. Mr Kapur’s article is poppycock par excellence. He says Hilary Mantel did not deserve the Man Booker Prize for her first novel, Wolf Hall , merely for: 1. Thomas Cromwell’s name had to be searched by Kapur on Google. 2. Henry VIII married 6 times. 3. Thomas Cromwell did not have the temerity to murder Henry VIII unlike Oliver Cromwell who did possess that temerity to kill his monarch and hence is familiar to Kapur. 4. ...
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