Defining literary down
The New York Observer calls the Jacobs/Queenan feud a latter-day Mailer/Vidal (scroll down).
"I guess I had heard they wanted to liven things up," said Mr. Jacobs. "I suppose it’s nice to be in a literary feud—I just wish it was with someone with a bit more weight. I want Mailer next."He’s not the only one obsessed with Norman Mailer. Mr. Queenan said, "You sort of wish it was like Norman Mailer." Mr. Queenan claimed not to have read "I Am Not a Jackass," although he said that someone had alerted him by phone to its impending publication.... "Jacobs seems to have the idea that nobody’s ever written a nasty review before," said Mr. Queenan. "He should take a look at Scott Peck’s reviews …. Have you read Scott Peck?"
Totally. That Road Less Traveled shit is brutal.