“One of the few rules to which I adhere is to distrust anyone over the age of 18 who reads Harry Potter books. My own kids outgrew this interminable series in their early teens and on discovering that some adults read books about public school wizards beneath “grown-up” covers I felt the same distaste I feel for any adult who watches Marvel films or plays computer games. For me the phenomenon is yet another example of the infantilism which appears to have gripped society…”
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