Hate the overuse of certain words in books? So does this wonderfully bitchy writer.

And this time, the bitch isn't me.

You should be following Colson Whitehead on Twitter. Not only is he the consummate author, but his tweets are killer. This one for instance: " Watched Celebrity Rehab in Hi-Def: yipes. Now switching TV to "Rabbit Ears, Bad Reception & fucked up V-hold" setting." 

Whitehead rarely resorts to profanity (which I find annoying because gratuitious when one only has 140 characters). But I gave him that one because it's so funny.

This tweet, though,  just leads you to a marvelous rant against The Road, a book we both loved. But we both also love this takedown of it. Mesmerized by its bleakness, I never noticed what this reviewer does. Still love the book, but love this, too. Bet the blogger also loved it.

Posted by Debra J Dickerson at 1/17/2010 6:11 PM
Categories: book reviews,humor,books
Tags: Unspeak Colson Whitehead The Road Cormac McCarthy
 

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