So many Tina Brown/Princess Diana stories to choose from, what’s a poor publishing blogger to do? But this one, from the Guardian piques the interest because it’s a review by noted Diana expert Sarah Bradford – one that the Spectator “refused to print,” according to the Guardian, so they’ve gone and done so. It’s certainly an entertaining, if awfully scathing piece. One need only zoom down to the closing paragraph to get a sense of Bradford’s acidic take:
One reviewer remarked on the “skinflint” production of this book. There are no photographs of the most photogenic woman of the last century. Nor is there a dust jacket. Perhaps the publishers find themselves strapped for cash after the much vaunted advance they allegedly paid. Punters, on payment of an advertised £18.99, will have to be content with an alluring picture of the other blonde, Tina Brown.
Yup, when you’re down to the level of criticizing author photos (and lack of photo inserts) you know you’re not exactly in the realm of true-blue literary criticism…