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Not really an intro and a review
I'm not a new member - been shut out by cyber gremlins for a few weeks and couldn't retrieve my password. Thought it was maybe nature's way of telling me to get on with some work. I posted occasionally as Rivington and now I've just rejoined as Eddisbury. My novel Bunderlin got reviewed on the Spectator book blog and I wanted to tell someone :) Not quite sure what to make of the review but, what the heck, it's nice to get noticed by the lit establishment!
Rob Crompton
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I don't think it's a bad review especially if you read any of his others, he appears to be a 'critic' in the true sense of the word. 'If I were a contemporary novelist...' rather gives it away for me. I think this blogging reviewer sees himself as a 'man who knows' he even has a faint pop at Howard Jacobson winning the Man Booker Prize...
'And all in all, perhaps this years prize hasnt been too badly awarded, because Jacobson has less to answer for than most. That is praise, by the way'
Be proud you completed a novel and got it published, I think Mr Saunders rather wishes it was him!!
Good luck with it Rob :) I much prefer this quote 'A delightful read, particularly for anyone with a love of the English language.'
Well done
RobC
Well done with the review and best of luck with book sales. I agree with what's been said about getting a review that a reader can trust being at least more honest than some gushy mush.
Congrats, anyway, and wecome back.