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[Anonymous No.11893903]

i read an interview with this guy today. he tried to sell his new book as The Great Novel of the Moment but it quickly became clear that he's an out-of-touch old man, such as when he proclaimed trevor noah and bill maher to be the most biting satirists of our time. or claimed that america is one small step from fascism because people would rather watch tv than listen to novelists. his book naturally has not one but numerous trump clones in it, one of which is a green-haired huckster nicknamed "joker" who squirts poison in the eyes of his adversaries from a flower worn on his lapel. i also read that he referred to thatcher as "ms. torture" in an earlier piece, which just made me groan

it was all rather embarrassing, so i thought i'd turn to you lot: is his older work is any good at all? like does his legacy rest on something of actual merit, or is he only cashing slimmer and slimmer cheques from the residue of his fatwa?

[Anonymous No.11893915]

>>11893903
He was always worthless.

[Anonymous No.11893926]

>>11893903
>trevor noah and bill maher to be the most biting satirists of our time
kek

> claimed that america is one small step from fascism because people would rather watch tv than listen to novelists.
This is true, though. Burgerland is pretty anti-intellectual these days, and the first thing that fascism needs in order for its seed to grow, is kill imagination and the arts.

> his book naturally has not one but numerous trump clones in it
He wrote it before Trump was prez, though.

I still like the guy.