The novel inside
First-time novelist Tim Clare takes a swipe at other first-time novelists in a Guardian essay, calling for quality control in Britain’s publishing landscape. According to Clare, too many lousy first-timers get through the editorial barricades and bring down the standard for others: “the British publishing industry is crying out for a high-profile hothead to disabuse thousands of needy, bumbling timewasters of the notion that nascent masterpieces stir within their loins,” writes Clare.
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