Did you know an award is given to the reviewer who writes the nastiest, meanest, scathing review of a book? The article appeared in the Huffington Post and to read more, click on the link below.
LONDON — "A mauling of Martin Amis and a savaging of Salman Rushdie are in the running for the best bad book review of 2012.
Eight finalists were announced Tuesday for the Hatchet Job of the Year Award, a prize set up to reward scathing works of literary journalism.".........
For details click on this link: www.hatchetjoboftheyear.com
Fascinating list!
ReplyDeleteI read Heller's commentary on Rushdie. It is highly critical but not as scathing as expected.
If I were an author I would be devastated by some of those reviews. Reviewers can really affect sales too especially the reviews you see on Amazon..it's a tough business......
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