And this is a pretty good summary of why I do not read and cannot stand most literary fiction – not because it is over my head (whatever that means), but because, well, it is so limited by its attempt to be unreadable to the hoi polloi.

LitFic is a genre just like any other, with its own conventions and limitations. I believe it is actually more limited because it is restrained – unlike many other genres – from using the implausible and fantastic to throw a revealing spotlight on the quotidian and the commonplace.