Ah yes. The Great British Class System has now been extended to books! At the top of the heap: poets. At the bottom: crime authors.
And my question is this: where is romance? Where is women's fiction?
Apparently they're so far off the radar, they don't even deserve a mention.
A challenge then - just needs someone to produce a poetry collection based on the writings of Agatha Christie........
ReplyDeleteYou're right. There seems to be a few types of books missing from this list.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet I know poets who claim they're at the bottom of the class system because they sell in such small numbers :)
ReplyDeleteThere's still a class system in operation, though - you know the old saying about how there's no desire stronger than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches? :D
Sharon - I'd love for someone to do just that! You up for it? :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Theresa and Ellen, for your comments! Funny that so many genres are missing...