| If his parents are in the publishing business then I have to say that I have absolutely no love nor interest in the author. I absolutely despise societal nepotism. It may be a fact of the world we live in, but I still have this strange ideological notion that we should succeed entirely on our merits, rather than according to our bloodlines.
That is also going to be some albatross around his own neck - perhaps one day he will try to rebel against that. Otherwise he will go through life not knowing whether he has any artistic credibility at all. To a writer that can be important. |