Hell hath no fury like a writer in a really bitchy mood
Mike Pollitt | Monday 20 June, 2011 12:55
“I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.”
Evelyn Waugh takes down Marcel Proust. From Flavorwire’s brilliantly diverting list of 30 great author on author insults.
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