Sure. That's why I read it. That's the whole point.
I certainly never said that English writers were superior, but that English publishers are. Still, there's a respect for the language English have that American writers (and certainly readers) do not.
I'm taking it on faith that there are good American writers out there...somewhere...struggling over manuscripts no one will ever read.
I can't think of a single American fiction writer currently working, with the possible exception of Furst, I would intentionally read. There are a few that are "OK," but that's all.
For the most part they are compelled by their publishers to write down to the American reader (nobody mastered this more profitably than Stephen King, who, incredibly, is actually an excellent writer when not writing "subway books"), which is extremely discouraging. A number of fed-up writers have discussed this in interviews. Others reach an accommodation, given the rewards if they do.
The challenge is, "how well can I write within the confines of this straitjacket?" A couple of writers I liked quite a bit gave up writing because they were sick of it.
Writers write for publishers, not readers, and American publishers seek and therefore receive mediocre product, which is then marketed mainly to a broad semiliterate readership. Geshift iz geshift!
I find myself reading more and more unsatisfactory writing and resigning myself to it, which disgusts me.
