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Saturday, August 27, 2005

daily Times bashing...

Yes, it's been a while since my latest fisking of the Times Arts page, and Sunday Arts & Leisure will have to wait till tomorrow...

So, to satisfy the urge, let me recommend an article from Tuesday, in case you missed it, on the upcoming novel Hunger's Brides. I urge clicking now before the free link expires and, with it, the above graphic. Yes, the organizing concept of this already shameless Publisher's dream of a puff-piece is: "Duh...book heavy. Reading hard." Notice especially the six-pack of beer--and not just beer, but Bud! Can you think of a brand name less associated with the Times deographic??? I can't make up my mind if this is sneering elitism, or actual pandering!

Oh, and if you wanted to know what the book is about and how good it might be, there's some on that, too. Meanwhile, the graphic provides enough to keep semioticians busy for a week. (The beer is just the beginning...)

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