![]() In fact, it wouldn’t even be particularly boring if only Mrs Krantz could quell her artistic urge. Princess Daisy is a terrible book only in the sense that it is almost totally inept. If cheap dreams get no worse than this, there will not be much for the cultural analyst to complain about. As a work of art it has the same status as a long conversation between two not very bright drunks, but as best-sellers go it argues for a reassuringly robust connection between fiction and the reading public. ![]() ![]() But I don’t resent the time I have put into reading Princess Daisy. The first time was for a book called Scruples, which I will probably never get around to reading. This is the second time she has been up there. On the evidence of Princess Daisy, Judith Krantz deserves her high place in the best-seller lists. The average novelist remains unread not because he is bad but because he is flat. ![]() To be a really lousy writer takes energy. ![]()
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