SOURCE: Sansom, Ian. “Doubts about The Reader.” Salmagundi, nos. 124-125 (fall 1999-winter 2000): 3-16.
In the following essay, Sansom objects to the overall critical acceptance of The Reader and offers a negative evaluation of the novel, which he finds morally superficial, trite, and mendacious.
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