Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0005205, Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:49:25 -0700

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Re: Nab Forum-- NYTimes Forum Select Boyd's Pale Fire (fwd)
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From: Thomas Bolt <bolt@tbolt.com>

"Quirky" is a standard publishing term meaning
roughly "we, the idiots in publishing, do not
understand what is going on here but are willing
to smirk and wink."

Tom
bolt@tbolt.com


PS
Kurt Johnson's phrase "some of this could be journalism"
is warmly appreciated--what an elegant way of warning
that dubious matter may follow!