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Theres only one thing I hate more than Will Self. And thats people who like Will Self. Or, worse, keep him in print. I could take criticism of Orwell from a great stylist, like Nabokov. But from Self? Christ if he could do anything with words other than beat you up with his over-thumbed dictionary, maybe Id listen to his dunderheaded views. No euphony. Originality. Rhythm. The man has the grace of a one-legged hippo trying to ride a bike. Two simple words put together in an unexpected way is better than one obscure Latinate one, Mr Will I-like-to-skim-the-thesaurus-as-I-touch-my Self. Take: I step into the hot, dishwashy dawn for instance, from Vernon God Little. Dishwashy dawn Could you do that? Or something similar? Once? Nope. Knock the novels if you must (though not Animal Farm), but Politics and the English Language? Its no wonder you trade in cliches. Pages of cliches with the odd clangingly abstruse word thrown in. Definition of great writing: the antithesis of Selfs prose. Can you explain why hes still with us? Leo Robson George Eaton Simon Hammond
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:02:17 +0000

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