{"id":44528,"date":"2013-01-09T13:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=44528"},"modified":"2013-01-29T03:14:48","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T08:14:48","slug":"the-hatchet-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/09\/the-hatchet-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hatchet Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Small-hatchet2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-44529\" title=\"Small hatchet2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Small-hatchet2-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Small-hatchet2-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Small-hatchet2.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/hatchetjoboftheyear.com\/#2247260\/The-Omnivore\" target=\"_blank\">The Omnivore<\/a><\/em> brings us the Hatchet Job of the Year Awards 2013. In their words, this pan-centric prize rewards \u201cthe writer of the angriest, funniest, most trenchant book review of the past twelve months\u201d and \u201caims to raise the profile of professional critics and to promote integrity and wit in literary journalism.\u201d View the shortlist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatchetjoboftheyear.com\/Shortlist\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>: few will be surprised to find Zo\u00eb Heller\u2019s <em>NYRB<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hatchetjoboftheyear.com\/Zoe-Heller-on-Joseph-Anton-by-Salman-RushdieThe-New-York-Review-of\" target=\"_blank\">evisceration<\/a> of Salman Rushdie\u2019s\u00a0<em>Josef Anton<\/em>, or that Naomi Woolf\u2019s <em>Vagina <\/em>rated a few screeds. But who will win the year\u2019s supply of potted shrimp? And has Adam Mars-Jones, 2012\u00a0winner for his <em>Observer<\/em> takedown of Michael Cunningham\u2019s <em>By Nightfall<\/em>, done justice to his prize?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Omnivore brings us the Hatchet Job of the Year Awards 2013. 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