[T]his is pure genius...

The fine folks at Fine Books have a great post on a favorite phenomena of mine,
"The Incestuous Blurb Network". Apparently, Nelson DeMille mentioned in an interview with the NYT that he had not read any fiction in years...problematic given the amount of jacket blurbs associated with his name.

The funniest, however, is that he discusses in the interview the Da Vinci Code and said his reaction to reading the manuscript was, "This is ridiculous." This is, I think, great fun, as the blurb he "wrote" for the jacket was:

"Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country. The Da Vinci Code is many notches above the intelligent thriller; this is pure genius.—Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author"

The humor, obviously, is subtle.