tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186444.post3135852139441941340..comments2023-06-17T11:54:56.630-04:00Comments on matthew griffin's reading journal: Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00522324476568129562noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6186444.post-48494536777506299012007-11-20T12:51:00.000-05:002007-11-20T12:51:00.000-05:00The Star's review, I think, sums things up well: '...The Star's review, I think, sums things up well: 'The final irony of Marche's novel is that in order for the joke to work, the fiction itself must have an interest beyond the joke. The earlier stories give us some sense of this, but the later stories tend to present us, in the words of a Sanjanian critic, with characters who "fall apart like crumb-cake as you're reading them." This cannot be part of any author's intention.'<BR/>Full-text at the <A HREF="http://www.thestar.com/article/249878" REL="nofollow">Star's site</A>.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00522324476568129562noreply@blogger.com