In Competition 2650 you were invited to submit a letter from a publisher rejecting the Book of Genesis or Revelation.
You lambasted both for a lack of coherent plot and narrative inconsistencies, and prescribed extensive editing. There were redeeming features, though: Paddy Briggs applauded the ‘geriatric sex narrative’ in Genesis, while J.
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