Coetzee on Roth

Apropos villagecharm's hilarious send-up of the National Book Awards, I'm sitting here at the Macondo Chamber of Commerce waiting for my class to begin and reading about Coetzee's huge long review of Roth and thinking those two Deserve each other. It appears to be a total beej.

For your perusal, ( NYRB's Longass Coetzee Review of Roth's Latest )

It Must Be Brains They Wear Under Their Kilts

I'm always interested in what the Scots, who invented the study of English literature, have to say about American literature. Here the Scotsman reduces Philip Roth's latest to old man's piffle and elevates young Charles Yu to a very good place.