Other Authors Unflatteringly Referred To in A Reader's Manifesto
The main authors criticized in A Readers Manifesto are Proulx, DeLillo, McCarthy, Auster, and Guterson. However, B.R. Myers also criticizes the following authors. He states pretentiousness can also be found in their prose.
- Thomas Wolfe, for Look Homeward, Angel.
- Jay McInerney
- Rick Moody, for Demonology.
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