It was all going so swimmingly. A great literary wave of "one-city, one-book", rolling east from its inspired beginning in Seattle. Along the way, sweeping cities like Chicago and Milwaulkee up in the communal thrill of a good, shared, book. Then came New York, and this wave of enthusiasm, crashed upon a great seawall of political correctness and committee squabbling.
It was only ever meant to be a good chance to read together, but many people see the "one book" exercise as a chance to correct social ills, settle community controversy and make it all seem like a grade six, slap you on the back of the hand, english class where no one's having fun. Yuck. So lets talk about it. Together.
