Read Doree Shafrir's review of One Fifth Avenue, the latest from Candace Bushnell, in the Observer.
Bonus excerpt:
[T]he new breed of youngsters intent on highlighting the hypocrisy of their elders is meaner and, well, snarkier than their forebears, Ms. Bushnell implies. Their number is led by a smarmy 20-something named Thayer Core, who lives in a tiny East Village walk-up and yet feels qualified to lob his verbal grenades at the rest of Manhattan (including several residents of One Fifth). Thayer is a despicable character, and it’s not a stretch to imagine that she was personally offended by things written about her on Gawker (where, full disclosure, I used to work). And yet, Ms. Bushnell’s caricature of the Web site and its writers falls victim to the very same snarky, self-satisfied kind of writing she accuses the new generation of perpetuating.
Can't wait for the series!
[Via Gawker]
3 comments:
Can't wait for her to write a book on One Third (turd)Avenue , and then live there.
Make that 110 Third ave.
Why would anybody waste one moment reading that crap when there are so many books to read and not nearly enough hours in a lifetime to do so. Not to mention the time that must be spent watching TV.
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