April 5, 2002

If Vonnegut Is Literature, What Is Jacqueline Susann?

By ROBERT McHENRY

A young acquaintance of mine, a graduate of a respectable state college in a respectable Midwestern state and now an employee of a bookshop that I frequent, approached me not long ago with a "problem." I told him to write a letter to the editor, and I would see to it that it got to the appropriate authorities. So, dear editor, herewith his plea:

To the Editor:

I need some help, and maybe you or your readers can supply it. My problem isn't all that important, you may even think