Hal Crowther, leading opinion columnist for John Grisham's founded Oxford American Mag makes the strong analogy in the review of two books in the Summer, current issue of the magazine; print issue only.
If you are near a decent library or Barnes and Noble south of the Mason Dixon read that article, page 130 something. Scorching and stellar. I have the conversation going on the facebook wall of the FT Payne Bama facebook wall and my blog www.foxofbama.blogspot.com