OK. I can, with reservations, support the idea that you can write a feature length parody and critique of a novel. (The reservations being purely that I've never read either one, and don't currently plan to do so.) I will admit, however, that Miss Randall is putting me off EVER reading her book. Going to the Mitchell House to promote her book is simply obnoxiousness for its own sake. That would be true even if everyone had been on their best behavior and nary a cross word had been spoken through her talk, and that does not seem to be what happened. (That said ... what was the House director thinking? Being open to debate and being willing to present both sides is wonderful, but she had to know that her own staff would be highly resentful of such a talk.)
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