Saturday, June 12, 2004

Review: BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN by Marion Meade

Bookreporter.com - BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN by Marion Meade

This review of Marion Meade's wonderful book includes an unfortunate typo that transforms the word "public" into the word "pubic." In this particular context, refering as it does to Zelda Fitzgerald, one could argue that the sentence works either way. She was, after all, the archetype for the 20s Flapper, an unfortunate distinction that apparently blinded many to her considerable literary skills.

I've asked my editor at BookReporter to fix the problem.

Oh, brother...