Amrit J answers “How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I...”

Donna asked this question about Less:

How on earth did this win the Pulitzer? I found it plodding with an uninteresting protagonist.

Amrit J Pulitzer is awarded by the US. He is an American author. That could be one of the factors. In my review I had mentioned Toole. I can't fathom a Univer…morePulitzer is awarded by the US. He is an American author. That could be one of the factors. In my review I had mentioned Toole. I can't fathom a Universe, where this passable atrocity has been awarded the same pedestal as something as good and artistic as a Confederacy of Dunces. I did find some other fellow readers finding this book humourous, some even saying that they laughed out loud, literally. I couldn't find a passage that made me even smile. Maybe that one bit where others got involved in finding Less's ring. But by and large the book was a droning, more than a pleasure, which you don't expect from a Pulitzer. (less)

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