"...limning the contours of the cultural zeitgeist..." Sorry, got a little carried away there.
This link comes via Paul Collins' blog Weekend Stubble... The Times of London has a great piece on the secret language of book reviewers including:
Tightly plotted Has a beginning and a middle, and you find out whodunnit at the end.
Detailed Has footnotes.
Writing reminiscent of Probably plagiarised.
Triumphant return to form I was expecting this to be as abysmal as the last one, but it was only mildly disappointing.
Edgy Any author under the age of 30, being reviewed by someone over 30, is likely to be described as edgy. The edginess factor will increase in proportion to whether the author is non-white, female and attractive, and the reviewer is white, male, and fat. Drugs, sex and racial conflict are also contributory factors. Edgy is also a synonym for glue-sniffing, necrophilia, lap-dancing and Michel Houellebecq.
Enjoy!
--John Mark
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