Unbalanced Vision

Someone described the content of this book to me, and by merely glancing at the usual hyperbole of the blurb, dunno why, I regard this a phoney creation. Half a month ago they have also announced the Booker long list, and it appears that Amis' Yellow Dog is receiving unfair landslide attention. All is exciting in Autumn, the season of publications and awards. Yet paper is dear and reading speed is slow; in the end one can just settle for the reviews.