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Motherless Brooklyn
Here’s the thing: you are Jonathan Lethem, bookish writer, raised by bohemian parents in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, as a kid read a lot — books, magazines, the newspaper — graduated high school and went to college. Now, … Continue reading
Another dumb idea from Alex Rodriguez.
The only reason we have any use for Alex Rodriguez (pictured with his steroid bag) is that he messes with Jeter’s head, and the more messing with Jeter’s head, the better off the world will be. Now comes word that … Continue reading
Why not just stab us?
Before we picked it up, Atonement fit all our don’t-read-this-suck-ass-thing criteria: a) it is a Big Important Book b) it is a bestseller and c) it came highly recommended by a lot of people. Think The Kite Runner. And for … Continue reading
Raymond Chandler: flawed master.
Pick-up on Noon Street, by Raymond Chandler. Chandler is about style. Fashion, interiors, language–spare, readable, cynical language. The language of people wounded by life, clinging to particles of self-respect. Those are Chandler’s strengths. Plot is not his strength. After reading … Continue reading
The Worst Book Ever
Dear Mr. Coelho: Here at Recharger The Dog, we have a rule: never read a bestseller recommended by more than one person. Ignoring our own advice, we started The Alchemist with trepidation. It began with a cliché that we’ve come … Continue reading
Island at the Center of the World: by Russell Shorto
Dear Mr. Shorto: Trademark your name; I will drink any chocolate milk called Shorto. As for your enlightening, lugubrious history of New Amsterdam—Manhattan–I was disturbed for the following reasons: It gave me a creepy case of the academics. I did … Continue reading
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things By Arundhati Roy As the world sinks into pathology, as my kids drift further from me, as I creak towards 53 years—pot-bellied, lonely, strange, starved for affection, grieving lost family life, I ask, Why read … Continue reading
Darcy
Finished Pride and Prejudice for the 2nd time.
Again a chore.
Most of it I wasn’t into. I was barely into the last twenty pages. The problems of two, young people in love—one filthy rich, the other comparatively well-off—misunderstanding each other, seems painfully trivial.
My real problem with the book, however, is two-fold:
First, Darcy, the hero, is an insufferable phony.
Second, I cannot believe that chicks fall for him.
Darcy is a jerk. Three reasons why: Continue reading
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