Novels are terrible and you'll never convince me otherwise | Prove me wrong

We don’t need fiction – the real world is strange enough. Plus, fancy writing is incomprehensible, argues Ben Butler. Lucy Clark tries to prove him wrong

Ben Butler: Lucy, novels are terrible and you’ll never convince me otherwise.

Genre fiction can be OK, provided it doesn’t go on for too long. I haven’t finished the Game of Thrones books, but as I recall they increasingly resemble a building material in shape, dimensions and weight as the series wears on.

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