Monday, May 25, 2009
Book review paragraph of the week
From David Brooks' review of Simon Schama's just-released The American Future: A History
But this is very much an outsider’s book, and if Schama doesn’t come from a strictly European perspective, let’s just say he comes from the realm of enlightened High Thinking that exists where The New York Review of Books reaches out and air-kisses The London Review of Books.
As somebody who has occasionally subscribed to both publications -- I do it for a while, let my subscription lapse when I've burned out on all that self-righteous leftism, and then resume after a suitable convalescence -- Brooks has captured their spirit perfectly.
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