I suppose I’m imagining that Lewis would have had the audience today that we had then. Nothing against Margaret Atwood (I haven’t read “The Handmaid’s Tale”, although I know of it), but nowadays it’s nearly impossible for a novel to sell enough copies to make any sort of impact unless Oprah endorses it or it features teenage wizards and/or vampires.
(Actually, my first thought on reading this cartoon was to wonder whether Lewis, like Jonathan Franzen, would have declined to join Oprah’s Book Club.)
I suppose I’m imagining that Lewis would have had the audience today that we had then. Nothing against Margaret Atwood (I haven’t read “The Handmaid’s Tale”, although I know of it), but nowadays it’s nearly impossible for a novel to sell enough copies to make any sort of impact unless Oprah endorses it or it features teenage wizards and/or vampires.
(Actually, my first thought on reading this cartoon was to wonder whether Lewis, like Jonathan Franzen, would have declined to join Oprah’s Book Club.)