Saw someone said, "Nobody reads literary fiction." Oh, really? Well... I'm Nobody! Who are you?

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I also think an excellent novel could be written (not by me) about the dune buggy driver that hit Frank O'Hara on Fire Island being cursed for the rest of his life because he killed Frank O'Hara. If that wins the Booker Prize, I want 10% of that money.

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I like a lot of those books but it’s like my man you wrote everything blitzed out on coke you aren’t going to be able to keep a clear line between the classy stuff and a monster truck that eats people

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Working my way through my 4th Booker Prize nominee - this one (The End of Everything) is utter pants. If John of John doesn't win, I shall be cross

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There's genre snobbery, sure, about the same amount as there is anti-litfic snobbery among genre fans. But the OP was including litfic authors in his tantrum, and, no, don't do that. They aren't the problem.

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