Take it from me: never judge a book by the blurb on its cover | Emma Brockes | Opinion | The Guardian

At the other end of the spectrum is the novelist Rose Tremain, who said in the Times last week: "I hardly finish any books. Our so-called literary world is now choked with the mediocre and the banal, piles of which arrive through my letter box, soliciting endorsements, every week." One feels her pain: no one wants big slabs of text dropping uninvited on the doormat. On the other hand, cheer up, Rose - maybe one day these dreadful people will go away, and then you'll have problems indeed.