I think you have to distinguish between moral and aesthetic palatability. It seems to be the latter that has the Guardian reviewer panning your book, as she goes on to say that it "reads like the verbose doodles of an incorrigible schoolboy".
On another note, I'm not so sure that the French really push the boat out more than the Anglo-Saxons. They are simply "pudique" about different things. Facile provocations like comically expressing a desire to be raped by Polanski might be acceptable. On the other hand, probing into people's private lives is far less acceptable.
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Date: 2009-10-26 12:01 pm (UTC)On another note, I'm not so sure that the French really push the boat out more than the Anglo-Saxons. They are simply "pudique" about different things. Facile provocations like comically expressing a desire to be raped by Polanski might be acceptable. On the other hand, probing into people's private lives is far less acceptable.