"Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise……" — William S. Burroughs

"Writing prejudicial, off-putting reviews is a precise exercise in applied black magic. The reviewer can draw free-floating disagreeable associations to a book by implying that the book is completely unimportant without saying exactly why, and carefully avoiding any clear images that could capture the reader's full attention."

— William S. Burroughs

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