Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.
“After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.”
“Cruel and cold is the judgment of man, Cruel as winter, and cold as the snow; But by-and-by will the deed and the plan Be judged by the motive that lieth below.”