Lynn Coady was a bit perplexed by Stephen King’s recent tirade against highbrow literary culture at the National Book Awards. “He seemed unable to stop himself… asserting that the gap between ‘the so-called popular fiction and the so-called literary fiction’ must be closed. To which a bemused Joe Average can only reply: Dude, you’re a billionaire. It is not for you to gripe about egg-headed and arbitrary distinctions between high and low art. Accept your award with humble aplomb and resume laughing your way to the bank.”