Secondly, make good your resolution to keep up with the (readable)
digerati: Melanie McGrath’s Hard, Soft & Wet is out in paperback in a couple
of days’ time. Reviewed on 31 May 1997, Wendy Grossman said of it, “You can
disagree with McGrath . . . But you can’t fault the quality of her observations
or her writing. ” A rare attribute for a cultural commentator on the wired
world. Published by HarperCollins, £7.99, ISBN 0006548490.
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