Michael Chabon's a pretty successful writer of literary fiction. As far as he's concerned, literary fiction is just another genre, with its own set of conventions. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we get into the fight over genre fiction. Agatha Christie's grandson says the creator of Poirot and Miss Marple was primarily interested in entertaining her readers. Critic Michael Dirda says that's why we read – purely for pleasure. And Richard Price talks about his best-selling novel "Lush Life" and why no one will ever mistake it for genre fiction.
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September 11, 2023