Jasper FfordeVanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.
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Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened' - Simon Armitage. Vanity Fair is a monthly magazine that was started in the United States in 1827 by Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain). The magazine mostly focuses on lifestyle, celebrity gossip and fashion.
In 1863, the magazine was bought by Condé Nast Publications. In 2005, Condé Nast Entertainment was created to publish magazines based on popular fictional characters from literature and television. In this quote, Simon Armitage is discussing the low quality of modern-day publishing by Vanity Fair.
He believes that Vanity Fair has been able to get away with publishing bad writing because it has a large amount of staff members who would have trouble finding work elsewhere.
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