> On Jan 25, 2020, at 3:48 AM, Timothy Collinson - timothy.collinson at port.ac.uk (via tml list) <xxxxxx@simplelists.com> wrote:
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>  I have no idea how/why The Times reviewed this as "a masterpiece" as my paperback says on the cover.

Mad Magazine used to have an irregular gag around these blurbs:

I wouldn’t consider it “A Masterpiece”
“Couldn’t Put It Down” because the publisher put glue on the cover
“Stunning! I was Amazed” that someone actually published this drek!

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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
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