http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/charles_mudede_on_charles_atlas Over at The Guardian, Adam Thirlwell wonders whether novelists hate their readers. Only a very few readers, thought Stendhal, and probably only in the distance of about 150 years, would find pleasure in his art. "Allow me one obscenity," he once wrote: "I don't want to jerk off the reader's soul." Coincidentally, Charles Mudede writes about Adam Thirlwell's newest book, The Delighted States, in the books section this week. The Delighted States is one of those high-concept books that you really want to like. On one side, it's a collection of thoughts, trivia, and quotes about authors, written in... Copyright 2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:34:22 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss