This is the 21st century not the 19th and the only reason for this portrayal is (I hope!) a desire to sell more books into the Lesfic community. This is not a case of outing George Eliott, who needed to portray herself as a man to her readers in a bid to escape from the female stereotype of only being able to write lighthearted romantic fiction and achieve recognition for the quality of her work and not her sex. Now I don't have an issue with anyone writing a book from any prospective they chose (see Geonn Cannon and Erik Schubach), but what I object to is the deceitful presentation of this author as one thing, when they are apparently something else entirely. I call Catfish on this author as he was uncovered as being the heterosexual male author Joe Larsen. I found it a little perfunctory in a number of areas but it was fine. This is an okay book, not great but not outrageously bad. I actually read this book about a year ago but have hesitated before putting up a review for reasons I will explain.
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