Posted AT 12:52 PM EDT on 23/10/04
Homer's where the art is
Planet Simpson By Chris Turner Random House Canada, 466 pages,$35This book is twice as long as it needed to be, and Calgarian Chris Turner is, perhaps, a shade too intelligent for those of us who watch The Simpsons at least in part because Homer gets hurt a lot.There, that's out of the way. The previous paragraph's sentiments excepted, Planet Simpson is one of the more fascinating and entertaining works I've read.
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