Do you ever read a book and just know that the author wrote it with the intention of trying to win a literary prize? I just finished fifteen dogs and the dude spends so much time jerking off to Toronto and Canada in general you just know he's angling for a CBC prize. At least 1/4 of the lines in the book were "I recognize that place!" lines. I know the theme of the book is supposed to be "place" but it really feels a bit excessive.
>>24781495I realize this sounds overly negative looking at the words staring back at me. I liked the book a lot actually but this jumped out at me while reading it.
>>24781502I liked the old you, the angry you
>>24781508I'm dreadfully sorry anon but I must commit the cardinal sin of /lit/ and admit a black man wrote a good book.
>>24781509The cardinal sin on /lit/ is reading books at all.
>>24781509Delete this post right now
>>24782307It may shock you to learn there are multiple black men who can write well.
>>24782524Ralph Ellison and Paul Beatty are the only ones I can think of and they're just alright
I don't know jack shit about Toronto but I liked this book quite a bit. I would recommend and have done so to multiple people.
