Ouch!

From a press release about "The Great American Parade," by retired University of Wisconsin professor Robert Burrows:


The book, mocked at length by a Washington Post writer in a February interview with the author, is a political satire on economic themes [...] The reviewer, Gene Weingarten, unabashedly declared Burrow's novel to be a "wretchedly terrible product that shames the American publishing industry."



While Burrows describes his book as a "novel of ideas," the Post reviewer -- citing the elaborate and formal dialogue -- was prompted to ask the author, "Have you ever heard real human beings speak?" But the review was not entirely negative. "Your book is printed on very white, shiny paper," Weingarten remarked as he concluded the interview.


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