Now that’s what I call a book review
Anne Applebaum’s review of Nicholson Baker’s Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilisation in The New Republic is withering. Her conclusion:
. . . if we have arrived at the point where a solemn and excited individual can cobble together anecdotes from old newspapers and Nazi diaries, and write them up in the completely contextless manner of blog posts, and suggest that he has composed a serious critique of America’s decision to enter World War II, and then receive praise from respected reviewers in distinguished publications, then maybe it is time to say: Stop.Tipster: Dim-Post.
posted by Stephen Stratford at 1:32 PM
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