Private memories about public libraries. The hazards of using real-life material in fiction. While the book created a firestorm all over Europe, notably in England and Germany, in the U.S. a deafening silence has descended on it.
Nobody wants to touch it.
Well, the New York Times did one. I try not to lose my sense of humor. When everyone keeps saying you're ugly, first you think they're jealous. But after a while you start thinking that you're really ugly. Usually there are two sides in a controversy.