A writer like Jonathan Franzen, whatever his reputation, is actually a flunkie to the established lit world, and is therefore a Puppet.
Apologists for Franzen and other such controlled marionettes-- Puppet Wannabes-- are Demi-Puppets.
Tom Bissell seems, through relentless obsequious efforts, to have graduated in status from Demi-Puppet to Puppet.
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