Can we say "pretentious," boys and girls?

[ellid]

I just found a sample of Lorrie Moore's latest novel, A Gate at the Stairs, on Amazon.com. It's supposedly from the point of view of a college student looking for work.

Please, o all-wise flist, go read the first few pages. Then tell me if I'm completely crazy to find this critically lauded book a precious, pretentious, oh-so-literary creation that bears as much resemblance to the inner monologue of a college student looking for work as it does to the collected works of Marie Corelli?

Thank you.

Comments

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Gack! Total wankery of the first water.

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Thank you for using "of the first water." I love that phrase and almost never see it any more :)

[hugh-mannity.livejournal.com]

Always happy to oblige, Ma'am *doffs cap*