No one is interested in real victims, or real criminals. An imaginary crime is much more convincing; reality is too real. Readers can only identify with an invented crime, only on paper can evil excite them. [In reality, true crime is a popular genre, one appreciated mostly by women.]
Dubravka Urgrsic, Thank You For Not Reading, 2006
Dubravka Urgrsic, Thank You For Not Reading, 2006
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