Friday, April 27, 2007

Bigge on the Globe

I'm a sucker for "real-time," peanut-galleryesque critical dissections, so I had a good time reading Ryan Bigge's section-by-section review of last Saturday's Globe and Mail. (And not just because it links to me.)

I especially liked this:
D4. Lynn Crosbie reviews the new thriller by Joy Fielding. Crosbie’s decision to write the review in common English is a welcome change of pace, and for that I applaud her. (Her recent Tie Domi feature in Toronto Life is also in common English. A good career move.
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