Edward Champion's Return of the Reluctant

Actually, It's Unfair to Let Susanna Clarke Unleash a Longass Novel Without Hard-Hearted Editors

Mark says, "Perhaps it’s unfair to pit 19th-century magicians against Jewish exiles from Nazi Germany," and selects Heir to the Glimmering World in the next installment of the TMN Tournament of Books. Mark's being too kind when he calls Jonathan Strange a "Saturday matinee." It is interminable cotton candy and deserves a through ass-kicking by the likes of Ozick before it's too late.