That’s what Carole Cadwalladr, in the Guardian, is calling this year’s Frankfut Book Fair. Sounds about right (except that it misses the boredom element that is never quite absent at Frankfurt), and this is the best report from the fair that I’ve read so far. Click the excerpt to read the full article.
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DMS
I have been to the fair a few years ago. You are right. It is very boring. Quite why it should be called a carnage in the bookland beats me!