Comments on: And Today’s Gusher Award for Hyperbole in Reviewing Goes to … http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/and-today%e2%80%99s-gusher-award-for-achievement-in-hyperbole-in-book-reviewing-goes-to-%e2%80%a6-3/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 1minutebookreviewswordpresscom http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/and-today%e2%80%99s-gusher-award-for-achievement-in-hyperbole-in-book-reviewing-goes-to-%e2%80%a6-3/#comment-7063 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:49:20 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=4894#comment-7063 Thanks, David. Enjoyed your post. I agree that Clive James might have faulted his comments if another writer had made them.

Often when I give Gusher Awards, I have the sense that the “winners” don’t know what’s wrong with what they’ve written (because, for example, they’re using language that, though hyperbolic, has become widely accepted). But as I read James’s article in Poetry, I thought: He knows what’s wrong with this. Let’s hope he gets his form back in the next review.
Jan

]]> By: davidlumsden http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/and-today%e2%80%99s-gusher-award-for-achievement-in-hyperbole-in-book-reviewing-goes-to-%e2%80%a6-3/#comment-7058 Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:39:30 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=4894#comment-7058 Glad to have found your blog … I’d had misgivings about the tone of James’ pronouncements when I first read the essay; you have pinpointed the problem sentences, and have prompted me to put some broader thoughts together on James’ themes versus his style here.

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