The title is incorrect, it reads “Famous”...
Maybe “famous” does not mean what we think it means...
That is something many of the talking heads and scribblers in New York, Washington, and the Left Coast fail to understand. I would bet better than 90% of Americans have no idea who this clown is. Maybe 95% don't know and wouldn't care if they did.
And as far as being able to write well, so what? Gore Vidal was a better stylist, and I loathed him for his anti-American attitude. Ditto for Coates.