A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.
Source: In Sunday Times (London), 29 Nov 1987.
-- Malcolm Bradbury, (Sep 7 1932-2000), English novelist; His novels reflect changes in university life in past 30 years; Eating People is Wrong, 1959 and The History of Man, 1975.