I mean I'm just not in the mood for Tolstoy. I pretty much hate television, and movies are expensive. I don't want a book that makes me think. Of course, with the modern thrift-shop culture of trashy chic, the question arises of just what is trash. The golden rule of trash lit is that age makes for coolness and respectability.
Vintage trash is no longer really trash.
Drugstore counter romances are both the apex of modern trashiness and not really trashy enough-they're still campy enough to save intellectual face. Nobody could really think you were seriously reading Jackie Collins. The real trash lies in the frothy modern best-seller novels that will make people wonder about you. Michael Crichton . Popular biographies of celebrities.