1. American readers should be thankful we finally have the chance. 2. American readers will recognize Terry Flitton as a type common on this side of the Atlantic as well. 3. American readers wanted to hang her, but they bought her book, and they talked and argued about it, and about her, for years. 4. American readers became acquainted with literature in translation. 5. American readers ought to know, too, if the onslaught of new books by strippers, prostitutes, hustlers and pornographic film actors is any indication. 6. A lot of the recipes will seem New Testament to American readers, but to Europeans, they are standards. 7. Britain still has a literary Establishment, so slim, gentle books still exist for American readers to enjoy. 8. Definitely you epitomize the average American reader. 9. Except in unusual circumstances, an American reader would have no need to know the street upon which some foreign tragedy occurred. 10. For American readers, however, the novel fits into no such neat category. |