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...narrator has no such trauma in his past. In fact, he has never confronted any kind of adversity--he is emotionless, and Anna is the only thing that can make him feel alive. Unfortunately, these reasons never seem to convince the reader of the two characters' need for the affair nor of their passion...
Although most writers of philosophy disagree on the nature of man and the existence of God, they hold one value in common--everything they publish must confuse its reader. Professor Jay Cantor of Tufts University, a philosopher noted for his first two books, has graduated from this school of thought with flying colors...
However, Cantor disappoints the reader by digressing into lengthy historical and cultural examples to prove this point. By the time he reminds the reader of his original premise, we have lost the main idea. For example, he devotes the better part of a chapter to recapitulating the notions he put down in Krazy Kat, one of his previous works. While the reader floats in jargon and bygone culture, he misses the author's central concern, the lack of any stimulating media...
...that when you, the reader, think of rape you think about betrayal. When in your life has someone turned against you? Used you? Put you down? When has someone proved to you that your worst nightmares of worthlessness, insignificance, and self-loathing are true? When has someone made you feel like shit? And then blamed you for feeling that...
...Michael Korda, a publishing exec whose works include the yuppie missals Success! and Power!, is the sort called a roman a clef by the French and "serving up something for the shopgirls" by the English. There is a patronizing quality to the central notion, which is that the reader is a lowbrow who will have naughty fun -- "coo, oi didn't know that about 'er" -- guessing which real-life celebrities are behaving scandalously behind aliases and sketchy disguises...