Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Travel Porn for Women

One of the interesting experiences of literature is to tske any plot summary and reverse all the genders in it (and gender-specific qualities) and see what you get. Sometimes, as here, the result is much less than pretty. But is that in itself a fair indictment? [The critic here goes on to give a fair indictment, I think. He just takes that as a starting point.]